Title: Painted Landing gear
Started to prep for landing gear installation. I painted the main gear, mounted the tires and painted the gear mounts black. I also primed and panted the gear channel in preparation for gear installation next weekend. To fit the axles on the main gear legs some grinding was necessary to allow freedom of movement of the brake caliper. Once all holes were drilled the surface was primed and painted in urethane flat black. A few mistakes were made in the construction of the nose gear. The 6 holes on the leg and fork were drill out to an AN5 bolt on accident. All 6 hole were drilled to match and new bolts were ordered to match the holes. The gear mounts also had a small mistake, the front of the gear mount was to have 4 bolts, i did the moth wrong and ended up with 5 holes. I was unable to get the bolt in the lowest point, so 1 A6 rivet was used and then 4 bolts to the upper section as seen in the pictures. My opinion is that this will still be plenty strong. I plan on having my A&P friend come by and inspect to insure safe and strong.


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