Monday 29 September 2014

29th September 2014 - Wheels and brakes complete

Once all the masking paper was removed from the fuselage the first job inside was to re-install the strobe power pack. This is behind the back of the baggage compartment so needs to be in place before the interior can be refitted.
Next the spat attach brackets and spacers were removed, degreased, primed, and top coated. Once dry they were re-installed and the brakes refitted and the bolts wire-wrapped.
Then using a simple pressure system the brakes were filled with fluid from the bleed nipples. By filling from the bottom up there should be no possibility of airlocks.
Both brake peddles seem completely solid with no evidence of any air in the system so that seems to have worked.
It is great to be putting things together into their final state. Unfortunately the next job is to replace the radio in the panel. EASA have decided that all new aircraft registered now can only have  8.33MHz capable radios fitted. So my Garmin/Apollo SL30 will have to be replaced with a different unit.