Friday, July 01, 2005

Flaps Mechanism - 2 hours (121 Total)

Today I installed the flap system. Unfortunately I ran into problems. The AN3-10A bolt that came with the flap actuator arm is too long; the not threaded portion of the bolt sticks through the hole in the frame. I replaced the bolt with a AN3-5A. I'll need a replacement for the AN3-5A.

After bolting the flap actuator into place, I noticed that the aileron cable rubs on the actuator housing.

I assembled the teleflex end of the flap actuator system on top of the keel tube. It went together without too much effort but the springs took some wrestling with before they'd go onto the shackles. I need to bottom out the standard nut onto the teleflex rod to give me leverage to tighten the nylon lock nut which bolts onto the end of the teleflex rod.