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[quote=Kirk... the wheel pants are listed as a single line-entry on the option sheet from Cessna, with a single W&B figure for all three pants. Therefore, they can only be installed or removed as a set. [/quote]

As many flight schools found out after they removed the nose wheel fairing only, to eliminate the shimmy- the FAA came-a-knockin'and quickly brought them up to speed on how things should be..

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I only flew it like this one time to meet up with Hung one day awhile back but I did have my transponder turned on.



Jim

That's like wearing a dress shirt but no pants.

MMMMMMMM.... I know a secret!


I know something, I won't tell,
I won't tell,
I won't tell.

I know something, I won't tell.

Injun Joe is ticklish?

Cat's outta the bag....

Does anyone have the "Rib Alignment Tool"? It looks like their revolutionary tool was in production for about a year until they disappeared.

Article link here [generalaviationnews.com]

Video link here [youtube.com]

Boy! It sure was nice of that Mr. Figuli to send me his aileron!

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Worry no longer Poobs.... Your airplane.... Or at least your aileron is safe! Lol, I could almost picture you going back to your plane in PA and finding an aileron where it stood. What after all that ruckus about people wanting the parts!

Okay okay okay.... I'll stahp! :P

Here's the REAL picture:


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Alright. Question for y'all. Sorta ignorant...



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How do I clean this thing? Some kinda cleaner and a good brush? Sand where I can? (around the rivets) Maybe take the air hose and give 'er a good blow around the inside? I'd kinda like to prep it as much as I'm able, so my mechanic doesn't have to do so much.

How do I paint it? Spray can? Aviation paint?

I was asking myself these questions when I stopped myself and said: "That might be a good question for the club...

Back in 2004 I replaced the hinges on my ailerons. I used paint stripper from Home Depot [homedepot.com]. In my case the stripper did a great job of getting rid of the old paint. I used a 3M Scotchbrite pad to help the chemical along in some spots (wear heavy-duty rubber gloves! And a respirator! And do it outdoors!)

I then primed it with Tempo Zinc Chromate and finished it off with Tempo white paint, both aerosol (spray) cans. It looked better than the 40+ year-old paint on the rest of the plane.

(However, it seemed that the paint was beginning to get weathered after a 6+ years of constant outdoor exposure. If you have someone that can shoot it with a better grade of paint, I'd go with that.)

Finally, I suspended the aileron from its (new) hinges, and made up a simple beam and some lead fish-weights to check that the aileron balance was still correct (check the service manual). As expected, removing old paint before adding new had a net-zero change.