Darling Aircraft

The roll over structure has been redone to accommodate the narrower canopy opening. I was able to re-work the existing one thankfully. I little rusty on my TIG skills. 😲

New horizontal spar completed and ready for installation.

The main gear legs needed to be re bent to accommodate the larger prop. Jigged them up, got out the oxy acetylene torch and 15 minutes later they had there new dimensions. Then off the be annealed and re heat treated.

All ready for tire mounting and plumbing of the brake lines.

Wheels got sand blasted and powder coated then a fresh cut on the lathe for the disk mounting surface. Replaced the original gasket insulation material with some high temp Garolite. New bearings seals etc.

Made new spar straps and extended their length and also added a secondary spar strap. New rivet line near root to carry the loads. Added doubler plates to stiffen the spar around the Hinge points. All sanded and Zinc primed ready for installation when the time comes. The original Stab was hollow with only tip and root ribs. Which was perfectly fine for a 147 VNE.