May 14, 2006 - Flap Mechanism |
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| I riveted the lower brackets to the Channel. | ||||||
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Then I installed nutplates on the Channel sides.
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| I drilled out the center hole -- where the Channel bolt goes -- to 5/8 according to the drawings. The two holes on each side of the big hole got countersunk, since they take flush 1/8" rivets. | ||||||
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Riveting the plate on the inside of the Channel.
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| Riveting the angle to the bottom of the backrest brace. | ||||||
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| Here I'm bending the F-767 attach plate, that connects the top of the Channel to the F-705 bulkhead (top-horizontal). This plate gets a 30 degree bend. I put the plate in the vise, laid a piece of 1 by 2 across to distribute the load, and whacked it a couple of times with the rubber hammer. The bend is shown in a full-scale drawing so I just compared the plate to it to make sure I had the correct angle. | ||||||
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I clamped the F-766C plate to the top of the Channel, and match-drilled
it, using the channel as a template.
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| Now you can finally see what the Channel is. The motor fits inside the channel and moves the flap actuator which eventually will get attached to the flaps themselves. I clamped the F-767 to the F-705 bulkhead and match-drilled it, using the bulkhead as a template. | ||||||
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Then I primed the F-767, installed the nutplates on its backside, and
riveted it to the channel.
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