I had another chunk of time today at the airport, so I decided to make a little more progress on the wheel pants. I first drilled and mounted all of the nutplates on the mounting flanges. These are stainless, so drilling them is a pain.
I also added 7 nutplates around the flange where the forward and aft halves of the left wheel pant join. I also iterated a bit on the opening around the tire. I now have 5/8″ of clearance all the way around with the weight on the tire.
With the pant attached to the mounting flanges, the left wheel pant is ready for flight. I still have 2-3 hours of work to get the right pant to this stage, but then I’ll be ready for flight with these.
