Wings Page 5
Started - 2.13.2000 - Finished - 9.24.2000
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I used the 1 piece flap hinge pin method. I drilled a hole in the aileron bracket for the pin to pass through, then put two more small holes in the brace to use to safety wire the pin in place... Then I put a 90 degree bend in the end of the pin... |
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The pin seems to go in and out of the hinge relatively easily, so I don't foresee any problems... |
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Wings are almost done! |
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Right wing is done. I mounted the tank over the weekend. I still need to take it back off, remove the plastic under it, leak test it, and then I can mount it permanently... |
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Left wing done! |
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Best looking piece of furniture in the house (my opinion only of course)... |
| Here's my Nav/Strobe/Landing light setup... I had
been thinking of how I would get my lights in the wing tips since I
upgraded to the "sheared" tips from Van's, and with a little
help from David
Koelzer (who is building a Sonex), and also some motivation from Vince
Frazier... Here is what I came up with... I will be using
MR-16 type bulbs. They are 12 volt and come as bright as 100
watts... The picture at right is of the assembly not quite
finished...
I have
designed a kit for my MR75 Landing lights |
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At left, an early picture of the tips with just the Nav/Strobe assemblies installed... At right you can see the cutouts I made in the wing tip for the landing light assembly and the Nav/Strobe assembly... You can see I had to open up the top a bit for the spring to clear, and you can see the nut plates I installed to hold the Nav/Strobe assembly... |
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Here is the landing light assembly... The top of the assembly will have a little adjustment, but the bottom two adjuster have a large travel... The entire unit is adjustable and serviceable without taking the wing tip off... |
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At left, another view of the light assembly... At right you can see the how the installation fits on the inside... |
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I was going to reposition the Nav/Strobe assembly with the strobe end higher on the pad so the light will have an unobstructed view of the runway ahead, but once I got it all done, put power to it, and tested the beam, it really didn't make that much difference... |
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Here's more pix... I had to re-make the front plate, as I didn't have the lower adjusting holes in the right place, and the actual hole the light has to go trough was too high and too small... |
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And here are the finished tips, less paint... I decided I wanted to try and keep the cover attachments to a minimum, so I was extra careful in getting them to it good... And considering my lack of talent and PATIENCE, I think they turned out pretty good... |
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