Main Gear Installation
On Wheels!
![Looking like an airplane now...](/images/2022-07-30-rolling.jpg)
Progress the last few months has been slow due to a long-awaited trip overseas, but steady.
Main gear axle installation
With the hard work of getting the axle in, assembling and installing the axle was relatively straightforward.
![Test fitting main axle.](/images/2022-06-19-axletestfit.jpg)
One small hiccup was the upper bolts for the axle mounting to the gear leg, the supplied AN4-25A bolts were just slightly too short given the spacer plate is slightly thicker at the top, so I replaced these with -26A bolts which work fine.
![-26A on top, -25A on bottom.](/images/2022-07-13-axleboltedin.jpg)
The wheel and tyre is a bit tricker than the nose gear given the brake disc, but I've left the brake calliper off for now as I'm planning on upgrading to the dual-piston version.
![Ready to taxi!](/images/2022-07-30-threewheels.jpg)