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Project Blue Angels SeaRey
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Date: 1-5-2013
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Number of Hours: 4.00
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Manual Reference: 8.1 - 8.5
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Brief Description: Began section 8, electric landing gear
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I'm having a bear of a time with this section. I first attached the motor actuators at the top, but they would not line up to where they connect at the bottom, so I had to unbolt the gusset and actuator mount plate until I got the motors to line up correctly. Took a while, but finally got it.
You will need a battery to open up the actuators enough to allow the connection, otherwise, the bulkhead straps will be in the way.
When I reached part 6 of this section, it called for an AN6-32A bolt to be inserted through the bulkhead and leg, for the gear to pivot up and down on, but the kit only included a couple 6-33A bolts. Many times this would be OK to use, with an additional washer, but this part is so critical, I'm not willing to do that, so I've stopped here and ordered new bolts. In fact, the entire weight of the plane hits these bolts upon landing, so as long as I have to get new bolts, I drilled out this hole to 7/16 and have ordered larger AN7 bolts for this crucial part.
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Must use battery to open actuator.
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Motors are in, awaiting landing gear legs.
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Critical bolt the leg pivots on, I'll use a larger AN7 bolt
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