Saturday, April 4, 2015

Wings and Wheels Part 2

It took most of the afternoon, but I got the wings done and the wheels put on.  The wings went about like I expected, but the wheels took a little longer.  I decided to put the wheel pants that came with the kit on, but I made a few changes.  I put bigger wheels and axles in which meant I had to do some grinding and drilling.  Then I changed the tail wheel linkage from bungee cord to coil springs.  The last thing I did was add my contact information inside, it is an insurance requirement.
I think it is going to show up great in the air.  The only thing left is programming the radio and it will be ready the next time we go flying.

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