May 1, 2016 - Annual Condition Inspection |
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| Time for this year's annual Conditional Inspection, which I am legally allowed to perform since I built the airplane. I like to do it around this time of year -- early spring -- hen it's not so cold but before the flying season really starts. You always hate to take a fully airworthy plane apart but it has got to be done. | ||||||
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Just getting the plane ready for inspection takes four hours or so; I have to remove all the panels, fairings, cowl, wheel pants, etc. Lots of screws.
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| I did the full monty on the wheels -- replacing the brake pads and greasing the wheel bearings. | ||||||
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I replaced the tailwheel and tailwheel steering bracket as well. New on the left, old on the right. Yeah, the tailwheel probably needed replacing.
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