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Date: 06/19/2009 Views: 1444

Chapter 21T Nose Gear Mounting Frame

The mounting frame is an important piece of kit. It is used to fix both the nose landing gear and the engine to the aircraft. Not the sort of thing you want to have doubts about later.

Date: 10/18/2009
Owner: Jeroen Glazener
Size: 14 items
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First step- cut out the front of the firewall and the front underside of the fuselage

Date: 05/30/2009
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Reinforcement of the joints with bid tapes

Date: 06/02/2009
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The weather ain't half bad, so I take the opportunity to throw open the rear doors of the garage to let the sun in and the epoxy fumes out

Date: 05/30/2009
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In case your're wondering what the view is, this is it. Could be worse.

Date: 05/30/2009
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Drilled the holes in the mounting frame. Of course these holes are positioned in such a way that the rest of the frame interferes with the bench drill. So off to my neighbour again to have it done at his factory

Date: 05/30/2009
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Same for the top holes.

Date: 05/30/2009
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To make the frame fit requires an extraordinary amount of sanding, particularly in the top corners (a round file comes in handy here). So much that I was afraid I must have got it all messed up. Another confirmation of the Europa wisdom: "If it fits first time, you've done something wrong".

Date: 06/02/2009
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Once it does fit I pose for a publicity photo to give the impression it doesn't take any effort

Date: 05/30/2009
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Before fixing the mounting for eternity I decide to make a bulkhead in the front now that I can still get at it. First with a piece of cardboard to get the shape right, fittted with a wooden handle.

Date: 06/22/2009
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Tracing the shape onto plywood

Date: 06/22/2009
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Wrapped the sides of the panel in parcel tape and installed it with bid tapes. After that you can take it out and install anchor nuts.

Date: 07/08/2009
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Fully installed

Date: 07/08/2009
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Trial fitting the bolts. The bottom legs spread slightly (...) and with the flox radius on the other side the bolts supplied are too short. Order longer ones.

Date: 07/08/2009
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Bolting the frame to the tunnel, with some Araldite as a pad. Here again the syringe comes in handy to get the stuff exactly where it has to be and no further.

Date: 07/08/2009
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