Michael Smith - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log

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Date: 8-17-2012
Number of Hours: 1.75
Manual Reference: L01/L05
Brief Description: Wheels & brakes

- Packed the wheel bearings and installed the wheels, brakes, retaining nut and cotter pins. Sheet L01 is now complete. - Located, drilled for, and secured the block for the brake cables. On a tail dragger it gets mounted to the engine mount (photo #2). - With the engine mount and block temporarily in place I marked the firewall for the holes for the brake cables. - Removed the engine mount and used a cobalt drill at low speed to drill the holes (photo #3).

Wheel bearings greased, and wheels/brakes installed.

Block for brake cables, secured to the engine mount.

Two, 1/8" holes for the brake cables to exit, going to the block in photo #2.

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