RE: Phoenix 6 - Start # 2
Nose gear adjustment's made, ready to mount. The strut will not come right down the middle, the pan has been taped on to make sure after axle is mounted, or strut bent at 90, the wheel will set right at pan opening. The dowel location's from wing are measured, you should square up with the pan to bulkhead. I measured the finished P-6, got this close. I need to drill the firewall for the gear mounts, use 6:32 and BN's. To get to the firewall at this time, reason to drill for dowel's. Drill pilot hole's first, then move up a couple, you are drilling thru glass. Goal is to have correct for alignment on dowel's, and to run a 12" bit up to the firewall.
Drill over size, as the BN's need the extra clearance to sink without crunching the wood. Epoxy in, also you will have a little movement access when mounting the gear flange.
Went up to hardware, came back with the 1/4X20 brass insert's, and 6:32 BN's, but no prong's. These 632's are fitting in a hole the correct size, little bit of adhesive, sink 'em, will do fine. We can safety wire these, but not necessary. The brass insert's will fit into the wing bolt hold-down blocks. I thread the nylon bolt in with the insert upside down, and do not have the screwdriver slot exposed, screw in to drilled hole, you get all the meat. Let dry, I use epoxy, clean mount, then you can back the nylon bolt out. A little vaseline on the bolt will keep it from getting glued in, if you can't do a clean expoxy job.
Picture included showing the brass female's in another plane. At the wing, where the hole's accept the nylon bolt's, you can brass bush this with K&S tubing. With the glass cloth, this will be a "no crush" zone, if that means anything to anyone.
Back at it. Secured the BN's to the firewall, bushed the allen heads on the other side, pulled tight, to epoxy dry. Finish with SS 632's, attach NG. Picture's showing gear mounted with the mod's for bottom clearance, another picture taken from inside the fuselage, camera angle to the gear from bottom of fuse. You can see the scratche's on the gear flange, then some filing's. Re-position the mounting holes, no problem with securing. Before final mount, I will spray the gear frame with gold to match, will look stock production.
May be away from this for a few days, too much stuff to do around the ranch, have to get some practice in, put my Novice stuff to work, those southern guy's are tough. I know I am in the south, but Florida ain't the south, it is New York and New Jersey, drive like maniac's, sometime.
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