Tough landing in a cross wind on the weekend caused a slightly bent nose gear leg, blown tire, torn up fairings... and a bruised ego...
Firewall forward still requires a full thorough inspection, but I plan to replace every part and piece of hardware from the leg on down at a minimum, even though right now it looks like the leg took the worst of it. My question initially is, it appears that Vans sells the leg undrilled, first, does anyone know if this is true? Pretty sure my original was drilled (maybe it was factory match drilled to the engine brkt?). And if so, anyone have the best way to get the right sized hole in the right place? Hoping that I don't have to match drill to the existing engine brkt. Either in place or removed. I was hoping I can take to a machine shop with my existing leg and duplicate? I plan on talking with Vans on Monday but since it's the weekend thought I would toss it out. Also, anyone else with similar circumstances that wants to give me a heads up on what to inspect and look out for would be appreciated. Plane is 3 years old with ~500 (accident free till now) hours on it.
Firewall forward still requires a full thorough inspection, but I plan to replace every part and piece of hardware from the leg on down at a minimum, even though right now it looks like the leg took the worst of it. My question initially is, it appears that Vans sells the leg undrilled, first, does anyone know if this is true? Pretty sure my original was drilled (maybe it was factory match drilled to the engine brkt?). And if so, anyone have the best way to get the right sized hole in the right place? Hoping that I don't have to match drill to the existing engine brkt. Either in place or removed. I was hoping I can take to a machine shop with my existing leg and duplicate? I plan on talking with Vans on Monday but since it's the weekend thought I would toss it out. Also, anyone else with similar circumstances that wants to give me a heads up on what to inspect and look out for would be appreciated. Plane is 3 years old with ~500 (accident free till now) hours on it.