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Alaskan Bearhawk
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Date: 1-25-2012
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Number of Hours: 4.00
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Manual Reference:
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Brief Description: Landing Gear Fittings Part 12
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Well, a couple of steps back today. I went into the shop expecting to align and tack all the fittings together, but when I got the fuselage and gear in place, it was off, and off by quite a bit. I fussed and dinked with it for too long, trying to figure out how I could have been off by so much. We're talking about 3/8ths of an inch at the mounting points and that's too much. I checked and rechecked everything and then I started to suspect the gear was off. But, I figured it was built in a jig, so that souldn't be it. So, I took a bunch of measurements and finally figured out that the pieces holding the landing gear to the main beam were off. I checked everything. The tubes were aligned, the pieces that slide onto the beam were good. Then, I decided to check the squareness of the face of the tube. BINGO! Both sides were off and in different directions. We're talking about no more than 1/16th at the most, but amplified over the distance and the fact it was in different directions made it look screwy. So, I faced the tubes as accurately as I could, measured and checked everything again and put it back together. Success! Now, back to where I thought I was 5 days ago. Oh well...live and learn.
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Good on this side
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Good here, too
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The culprit
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