This work was done over several days:
- Sanded and trimmed left wheel pant - for several hours
- Used the shop crane to raise the plane and get the weight off of the gear
- Used plumb bobs and my 6' level to create a reference for the wheel pant
- Getting wheel pant lined up required a good bit of bending on the metal brackets that it mounts to
- Used a laser to help mark wheel pant center line
- Drilled aft section of wheel pant to outboard bracket then put front wheel pant section on and got measurements off of reference line
- Drilled all wheel pant mounts
- Reinforced all mounting locations on wheel pants with 3 layers of fiberglass and clecoed wheel pant to mounts
Wheel pant reinforcement curing:
Reinforcements in place:
Wheel pant drilled in place
Lining up aft wheel pant:
Slowly trimming / fitting wheel pant:
Initial sanding done:
