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Builder Name:Jeremy Leonard   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-7A   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:1074
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Start/Last Date:Mar 17, 2021 - No Finish Date
Engine:Lycoming IO360M1B
Propeller:Sensenich 3 Blade Composite Ground Adjustable/Fixed pitch
Panel:Garmin G3XTOUCH/GNX375/G5/GTR200/GFC507
 
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Feb 03, 2024     Gear weldments - (12 hours)       Category: Fuselage
First thing to do here is to match the gear leg hole to the hole in the gear weldments and match/upsize the hole using a .311 reamer. I had to carefully sand off a little of the powder coating for a smooth fit, I also sprayed a little LPS2 for some lube.

Once that was done, I slipped the weldments into the fuselage put the bolts in and torqued them the best I could with the difficult access. One thing to note here. The bolts that are called out were too short for me (an4-12a) and I've read this on another build site or two so I was sort of expecting it. There were plenty of the next size up bolt (an4-13a) in the hardware bag. Maybe vans knows of the issue and includes them or I'll need to be ordering some bolts later on, oh well.
I put my #12 drill bit through hell drilling the 14 holes through the weldment for the an3 bolts. I also countersunk for the screws through the side fuselage.


 


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