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Date: 10-3-2016
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Number of Hours: 1.00
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Brief Description: Bending the spring
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With no press of my own I asked my mechanic Patrick who was happy too let me use his. A 50 ton press is overkill for this job and did it easily. The most the gauge read was 6 tons of downward force which was enough to cold bend the aluminium spring to the desired shape. The tailwheel is attached and the spring clamped in position. I sat on the rear fuselage, bounced it up and down noting the spring action. It passed the phase 1 test.
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50 ton press
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Positioned
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