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1. 09:11 PM - Re: N701GV - First Flight 7/20/2011 (ruruny@aol.com)
2. 09:56 PM - Re: Re: N701GV - First Flight 7/20/2011 (John Marzulli)
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| Subject: | Re: N701GV - First Flight 7/20/2011 |
Congratulations John, you did it! Glad everything went well and she looks t
errific. I see what you are talking about with the door in the pic, looks l
ike it really wants to
open up. Have a good time with phase 1 and enjoy the benefits of all the ha
rd work.
Brian
Long Island,NY
36 hrs
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| Subject: | Re: N701GV - First Flight 7/20/2011 |
I made a securing mechanism today for the passenger side door.
Basically I took a thick piece of angle and riveted it to the top side of
the factory supplied handle. I then drilled a hole in the free side of the
handle and bolted a rod-end there.
The rod end was connected to all thread. I then riveted a piece of tubing
onto the door for the all-thread to be retained by. Finally I drilled a hole
large enough for the all-thread into the fuselage.
By the time I was finished with all the other work today the winds had
picked up past my threshold. I did a taxi test and a run-up. The door held
without any pucker on the ground where it had previously puckered some
during run-up.
I also spent a large amount of time chasing down friction in the rudder
system. The biggest offender was a huge spot I had not greased - the nose
strut stop plate! I ended up just giving everything more doses of grease,
even the nylon fairings. With the tail tied down I was able to reduce the
friction by an order of magnitude.
John Marzulli
http://MarzulliPhoto.net/
http://701Builder.blogspot.com/
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 9:06 PM, <ruruny@aol.com> wrote:
> Congratulations John, you did it! Glad everything went well and she looks
> terrific. I see what you are talking about with the door in the pic, looks
> like it really wants to
> open up. Have a good time with phase 1 and enjoy the benefits of all the
> hard work.
>
> Brian
> Long Island,NY
> 36 hrs
>
> *
>
> *
>
>
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