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Tri-gear conversion

This is a series of photos that will show the process of converting the Europa to a Tri-gear.

Date: 04/17/2012
Owner: Kyle Phillipson
Size: 132 items
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More of the same. I was going to cut the carpet and form it to the ribs and staple it in place but decided that was just a time vampire and pointless since the airframe is holding it in place.

Date: 04/15/2012
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OK not the best shot but here you can see I used the jack to move the rear rib in place under the airframe being careful not to pinch the belly. I then secured the rib in place but using some drywall screws in the 2x6. This way any weight will be transf

Date: 04/15/2012
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Was going to use another plywood rib here but decided that the wide strap works fine. I later added some foam to the strap to give it some padding.

Date: 04/15/2012
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From the start the airframe was sitting 2.5 deg tail low and 0.1 deg to port. Not bad for just putting her on there. I jacked up the back of the trailer to get it as near to 0.0 as possible and also shifted the airframe latterly to turn that .1 to 0.0 a

Date: 04/15/2012
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Landing gear parts. The nose gear leg is having MOD 53 performed on it at my fauther in-laws.

Date: 04/10/2012
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Starting to prep the bays for the tri-gear conversion.

Date: 04/10/2012
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Locating the center of the main gear hole. Used a pilot to be used to measure out the 10“ diameter on the bottom.

Date: 04/22/2012
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The 10“ diameter from the pilot hole.

Date: 04/22/2012
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The gell coat really gums up the sand paper. Still a bit more to remove.

Date: 04/22/2012
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Port side

Date: 06/05/2012
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