3Dreaming
Taylorcrafter
Last Activity: 2 hours ago
Joined: 12-22-2005
Location: Noble, Illinois USA
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The wheels should be a complete circle. one segment has been cut out. This is not the first set I've seen this done to. -
Looking at your pictures it looks like the panel has had some stuff added to it along the way. The control wheels have had a section cut out of them. Also the exhaust is not right for the open cowl. It might even be a Piper J3L exhaust.Leave a comment:
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There may not be a need to remove much fabric. It depends on how the covering was done. Post a picture of the fitting for a more informed opinion. Tom...Leave a comment:
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Sorry, I don't have any pictures. It has been several years. You can see the where it is welded in, but it is tucked up under the fuselage. If you do both most people will not know it was not original....Leave a comment:
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I also think that before I would go to splicing in a new strut I would want to make sure that it really needed to be done. If I had an x ray facility close I think I would have it x rayed first.Leave a comment:
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Gary, typically the corrosion is only in the bottom end. If when the strut is cut off 4" from the top and there is corrosion splicing in a new lower section is not an option. Splicing in 4 " from the top is much easier than welding in a complete strut at the upper cluster....Leave a comment:
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What I have done in the past is go with the next size larger tube. Cut off 4" down and slide over the existing tube, and do 1/2 of the splice.Leave a comment:
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I think the A model, and maybe early B models had built up aileron ribs. They switched to stamped aileron ribs long before they did for the wing....Leave a comment:
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I don't remember dots from my restoration, but that was 25 years ago. Besides showing which instrument goes where it may also been used to show which side the instrument should be installed from.Leave a comment:
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It wraps around the bottom of the strut capturing the tube where the bushing goes....Leave a comment:
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I was thinking like Rob shows, but like a 1/8x3/8 .063 or .090 rectangle tacked opposite of where it contacts the head of the pin....Leave a comment:
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Aircraft Spruce has trailing edge material in 10' sections. Aileron ribs should be fairly easy to come by. I would also replace the hinge brackets on the aileron, or at least make sure the hinge pin holes are not any oversized. I have often thought about modifying the brackets for an alternate method...Leave a comment:
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Of the 2 PMI's in the FSDO one just went to school to do field approvals, and the other is scheduled to go. The one who is scheduled to go said he wished he could sign it off, because he had no issues with it....Leave a comment:
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I finally got the field approval for my exhaust. No real problems, but it did take a while. It had to go the ACO. The PMI I was working with is new to the field approval process, and was a little unsure of what needed to be done in this situation.Leave a comment:
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Who needs logbooks? Just write your maintenance entries on napkins and stuff them in a Wal Mart bag. Just don't forget and use them for dinner.Leave a comment:
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I think Aero Fabricators/ Wag Aero has a jig also. I'm pretty sure dad loaned them a gear to make a jig off of. I don't know if they are making any, but maybe they could do a repair.
The gear from Univair may have a straight 1.5" axle.Leave a comment:
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