Friday, April 2, 2021

Fitting the Almost a 14 mod for the flap assembly - 3 hours

 In order to make the Almost a 14 mod center cap fit better on the flap assembly tower, I need to fabricate a new F-767 attachment plate. The attachment plate is a slightly shorter piece than stock. It also requires new mounting holes to be drilled. 

The fit is really good now. 


 
The aft attachment plate doesn't fit so good. There is a gap between the mounting plate and the flap assembly, as well there is very little clearance for the attachment screws. 

I was toying with a number of ideas to make this fit better. I was going to fabricate a new Aft mounting plate out of 0.063" aluminum, but on the advice of my local builder buddy Mike, I fabricated a small spacer. I will cut this down and shape it accordingly but it looks like it will work very well.