Floxing the nose leg hinges (1.0 hrs)
The time had come to permanently attach the metal hinges to the nose gear leg extremities.
Every time a metal casting is attached to a fiberglass part, the slack between the two is taken up with flox. This technique allows for a perfect custom match by displacing the excess material from the joint.
I started out with the top hinge...
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| Floxing the top plate |
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| Excess flox being expelled from beneath the top plate |
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| Applying flox to the top hinge |
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| Pushing the hinge down onto the leg |
... then finished the bottom one.
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| Floxing the lower casting |
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| Leg mated to lower hinge casting |
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| Buttering up the front side of the leg |
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| Bolts in place, but not tightened to final torque. |
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| View from the far end |
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| Flox taking up the gap |
After cure, all the bolts can be tightened to their proper torque values.
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