7.2.1 Nose Gear Installation

This entry is part 22 of 39 in the series 07 - Landing Gear

The final task in completing the nose gear is to install a “captivator” bracket and an upstop. The captivator prevents the nose gear from moving side-to-side when extended. The upstop limits how far the nose gear extends.

The captivator bracket install took almost a whole day. Even with a special tool that Scott made to assist. The two challenges are that the bracket has to be located in a very precise location which can only be determined when the nose gear is down.  But that prevents you from getting to the bracket to drill the mounting holes. The second challenge is there’s just not much room inside the keel.

The upstop was relatively easy.  Just a U-shaped piece of aluminum bolted in to the top of the keel. But once that was done, the airplane was sitting on all three wheels.

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