REFLECTOR: FG nose strut

[gattenby at GBRonline.com]

Before you hook / close it all up,
Put a rubber boot from a "CV" joint over it (inside the
fusalage) to seal the air leak...]


Noel


----- Original Message Follows -----
From: "Carruth, Joel L" <joel.l.carruth at lmco.com>
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: FG nose strut
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:00:43 -0500

> FG drivers,
> 
>  
> 
> The manual says to cut a 2" hole behind the canard
> bulkhead for the nose strut. However, the top of my nose
> strut is a little over 4" wide due to the cross-tube! 
> Also, with the large gusset welded below the cross-tube
> this becomes too large to fit inside 2". So, the strut
> would have to be inserted from the top!  For
> maintenance/inspection reasons, the strut should be
> inserted/removed from the bottom. So, I was planning to
> cut more of an oval just big enough (~3") to allow
> inserting the strut from the bottom.  Has anyone else
> noticed this discrepancy?  What did you do? THANKS!
> 
>  
> 
> '96 SEFG
> 
>  
> 
> Joel Carruth
> 
> Lockheed Martin 
> 
> JSF - Pilot System Software
> 
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> 
> joel.l.carruth at lmco.com
> 
>  
> 
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