Good afternoon folks. It seems that I have made an error in my judgment with the engine mount and landing gear on my now certified RV-3. at the time I choose to use a traded for used mount and gear, with the assumption that all RV's were drilled and bent at the factory, They are not on the RV-3's. First taxi test at around 20 MPH the thing started to shake an vibrate so bad that my first thought is my prop lost a blade. Gear bent wrong and drilled wrong.
Long story short (I know to late) I have now ordered new Vans landing gear for the 3. Not drilled but is bent.
My questions are: is there a fixture to drill the mounting hole perfect? If so does anyone have one that I can borrow, rent, steal.
I do not think that I can free hand drill this hole straight and keep the hole sized right, through the engine mount and gear. Just using an hand drill on round soft stuff that thick is tough enough to keep straight and come out the other side at the same radius point.
There are a lot of these 3's flying so I am sure there is a way to drill the gear properly. Tony, Randy, Fred, Rob Any builders of RV-3 I really need some advice and hopefully pictures.
Thanks in advance
Perry
Long story short (I know to late) I have now ordered new Vans landing gear for the 3. Not drilled but is bent.
My questions are: is there a fixture to drill the mounting hole perfect? If so does anyone have one that I can borrow, rent, steal.
I do not think that I can free hand drill this hole straight and keep the hole sized right, through the engine mount and gear. Just using an hand drill on round soft stuff that thick is tough enough to keep straight and come out the other side at the same radius point.
There are a lot of these 3's flying so I am sure there is a way to drill the gear properly. Tony, Randy, Fred, Rob Any builders of RV-3 I really need some advice and hopefully pictures.
Thanks in advance
Perry