Thursday, January 14, 2021

Main Landing Gear

I finished up mounting the main landing gear today. I started by mounting the shocks. Once they were all fitted I put some thread locker on the rod end jam nuts. Then I started applying grease on all the connections and tightened them. Next up was the Beringer Brakes, I mounted them after coating the axle with anti-seize. Torque seal was applied to all the nuts.

Taxi light. Small camera is a backup camera that will be used as a taxi cam, hooked into the G3X screens. And of course, a GoPro camera.

I lifted the plane with my engine hoist so I could mount the tires. Once the tires were on, I filled the shocks with a small amount of nitrogen to level the stance and take the squat out of the gear. It's now back on the gear. Now to clean the shop up and make room for mounting the wings.