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Old 06-11-2002 | 07:40 PM
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Default Day Two - Finishing the Gear

The pants are really pretty and the fix makes them a little more impervious to breakage. I did however, have to sand down one of the wheels about 2 mm as it was binding on the top of the pant once mounted.

When attaching the pant to the landing gear wire, be careful to drill the pilot hole for the screw, and then drill a shallow hole that is just under the size of the screw that you are attaching the pant with. The bigger hole and a little masking tape will help to keep the pant from cracking.

You can see in the pic that I had a brain cramp and forgot this on the first pant I did. After going back and doing it the right way, I added a little 2 hour epoxy with a 55% epoxy/45% hardener over top to keep the crack from going any farther.

Here's what the pant looks like with the wheel installed.
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