Section 46 - Landing gear

Gear legs 

Started by lifting up the airplane and inserted gear legs using a car jack

Matco breaks:

 

U-1001 needs to be trimmed  to fit the AN822-4D fitting

 Avner , Brother in law and a mechanical engineer/expert, dropped by for 2 days work at workshop, helped me complete the breaks assembly.

Installing the breaks assembly on the wheels:

Calipers and linings installed:

Installing tubes and tires:

Inflating and installing wheels!

Calipers and wheels measurements per Matco intructions:

https://static.veracart.com/matco/item_pdfs/3815/document1.pdf

Recommended caliper spacing: 1.885-2"

 was 0.3=

Total: 1.37+0.256+0.30 =1.926" => within limits!

Issue with axle nut hole:

Encountered a problem with axle nut hole. After tightening the axle nut, the hole was located too close to the edge:

After consulting with the forum, I shaved off 3mm of the U-01004 axle nut:

And now hole is located properly:

Used a thin saw to clear the threads:

 

Ready to get off the lift!

as tempting as it is, I'll wait for the front wheel and engine mount installation

Nose wheel installed !

And... its on its feet!!