' It sound like your airplane is much like mine. I think mine was worse. I don't know the why details, but it was really torn up. Took off the right main gear, flipped over and broke both wings, bent the top of the cabin, main gear attach point. I ended up with a right pre war civilian wing, left UC-61 wing, and what else I am not sure. I am in the final stages of rebuilding the whole airplane, except the 7 small pieces of OE wood, and used 6 pieces of new OE door pieces. I am in the final stages of the electrical, instrument panel forward. Yet to do is plumbing for the motor, fuel, and the control cables for the motor. You sound like you are doing good. I started June 1973,
Bob
On Friday, September 29, 2017, 4:40:30 PM PDT, Elton Hanneman
elton@hanneman.us [fairchildclub] wrote:
They are off to prime and paint will take a picture as soon as they are back on the plane and post it to the web site.
From: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 3:34 PM
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] Re-Entry Steps Let's see a picture of that.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 29, 2017, at 3:00 PM,
elton@nairial.net [fairchildclub] wrote:
Hi All
I have just about got my 1940 -41A back in the air. It had its gear knocked off about 13 years ago from a locked brake followed by ground loop. One of the last things left to do was make new entrance steps. I started out trying to duplicate the original steps. I will admit they look neat but in actual use they are not user friendly.
After climbing on and off airplanes,motorcycles,and horse's the last 70 some years. I found most were easier
then my F24. What I came up was far more practical to make and easier to get in and out of the airplane.I
first cut 2 14" length's of 2" streamline tube and 2 5&1/2" length's. Make 35* bevel on the ends for a right and left set. That make the step at about a 10* slope which helps keep your foot from sliding outboard. I cut teardrop end plates about 1/2"oversize of the tube then centered them when I welded them up.. I used 1/8"
material for the end plates so they would be blunt.. I am sure some one beat me to this over the years I just hadn't seen another F24 done this way.
Elton
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