UnPossible
Well Known Member
Hey - before I go ahead and drill the wheel pants, I wanted to check with the experts on VAF to make sure that I'm not screwing anything up.
I've read the driections about a 100 times, but still not 100% sure of exactly how they are telling me to make sure the wheel pants are in alignement with the fuselage. So below are the methods I used... Please let me know if anything looks funny.
1) I used a laser to draw the centerline down the wheel pants.
2) I used a couple of plumb bobs to center the fuselage over a straight expansion joint in the garage floor.
3) I measured up the 8 5/8" off the ground and made a mark on the front and back of the wheel pant on the centerline.
4) I attached a couple of plumb bobs to the points marked above and made sure that they are the same distance (41 3/8") away from the fueslage centerline at both the front and back edge of the wheel pants.
Looking things over, it looks good to my naked eye, but wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing anything before I drill the pants to the attach brackets.
Thanks,
Jason
I've read the driections about a 100 times, but still not 100% sure of exactly how they are telling me to make sure the wheel pants are in alignement with the fuselage. So below are the methods I used... Please let me know if anything looks funny.
1) I used a laser to draw the centerline down the wheel pants.
![2q80t53.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi56.tinypic.com%2F2q80t53.jpg&hash=335d1d9278c6e55d924ec14c9426d1e9)
2) I used a couple of plumb bobs to center the fuselage over a straight expansion joint in the garage floor.
3) I measured up the 8 5/8" off the ground and made a mark on the front and back of the wheel pant on the centerline.
4) I attached a couple of plumb bobs to the points marked above and made sure that they are the same distance (41 3/8") away from the fueslage centerline at both the front and back edge of the wheel pants.
Looking things over, it looks good to my naked eye, but wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing anything before I drill the pants to the attach brackets.
![30k9ezm.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2F30k9ezm.jpg&hash=046cd40a6b56d03f17cc5b6a7f4e021d)
![24oncjp.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2F24oncjp.jpg&hash=74728d935b208fec5c5a412c9000dd62)
![314dkjp.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi52.tinypic.com%2F314dkjp.jpg&hash=f2621f4c2390fa102abd4942c0a86ef4)
Thanks,
Jason