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6/27-7/10/10 - Landing Gear/Brakes - 10 hrs

I was pretty busy through the Independence Day weekend, but I did get a chance to work on the plane on and off. My engine was scheduled to arrive sometime soon, so I had to get ready for it.

The first thing I had to do was to install the engine mount. In preparation, I also had to install the air intake valves and proseal them to the firewall. I also installed the firewall pass-through for the electronic ignition.

The engine mount went on fairly easy. I can't say that I really had any troubles at all other than deburring the stainless steel.

Another task that I had left unfinished was cutting the firewall insulation to fit between the ribs. So I did that in hopes that I could install the instrument panel soon.

Onward to the wheels. On the RV-9A, I got pretty good at destroying inner tubes. So I was extra careful when assembling these wheels to hopefully avoid such problems. These wheels are larger than those on the -9A, so they were a bit easier to work with.

I didn't get any pictures while I was messing around with the wheels. Nor did I think of taking pictures of me trying to get the main gear legs up into the fuselage correctly.

I will mention that I ordered the specified chucking reamer for installing the legs.

8/6 - 8/9/2010 - Pitch Servo, etc. - 15 hrs

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