Pitts S1-SS Construction Gallery » 2006 » February 2006

Checking fit between vertical stabiliser and rudder.	Top hinge strap on rudder.	Bottom hinge strap on rudder.	Rosette weld and splice weld on reinforced tubing at base...	Closeup of vertical stabiliser rib welding - top.
Stabiliser lower rib welding.	Top of rudder welding - before filing down smooth.	Progress view of rudder and elevators.	Checking alignment of tailwheel .	Checking alignment of tailwheel before drilling bolt holes.
Tailwheel bolt hole drilled.	Tailwheel attach bolt hole drilled - top view.	Tailwheel attach bolt hole drilled - bottom view.	Tailwheel installed and bolted.	Novel way of cutting thin hinge satop bushes.
Landing gear - first fit check with mild steel support...	Landing gear - first fit check with mild steel support...	Landing gear - first fit check with mild steel support...	Various landing gear support plates.	Fuselage upside down for landing gear alignment.
Aligning the gear attach bushings for welding.	Aligning the gear attach bushings for welding.	Spring gear plate cutouts.	Welding the landing gear attach bushings on. Tricky.	Welding the landing gear attach bushings on. Tricky.
Welding the landing gear attach bushings on. Tricky.	Finished welded landing gear attach bushing.	Finished welded landing gear attach bushing.	Finished welded landing gear attach bushing.	Half way through welding the landing gear attach bushing.
Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.
Finally, fusleage sitting on it's own gear!	Me, giving it a bash.. first time sitting on the gear -...	Dean - my pro welder, doing his normal thing. :-)	Okay, I can't enough of this.	Insaide view of the landing gear .. see my toes...
Some amzing positions to get into for welding.	Tada... the basic fuselage complete on its gear	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded.	Landing gear attach bushing finish welded .. with engine...
Landing gear - side view.	Landing gear - before radius plates were added.	Rudder pedals being welded.	Various straps.. these ones to hold fairleads	Welding the trim cable support bushing clamp.
Splice to allow for the trim wire housing to be tightened.	Heck... this didn't fold well.... tossed into the bin.	Aluminum bar stock for various things, including the...	Welding on the fairlead bushings.	Tailwheel lock wire guide.
Fairlead bushing welded	Fairlead and trim cable guide tube	Fairing and trim cable guide tube - back end, with...	Tailwheel atatch hole - my hole got ovalled, so I have...	Trim guide tube with two squeezers either end.
Another fairlead bushing.	Checking alignment for the fairlead and trim guides.	Checking the alignment of the fairleads.	Checking the alignment of the fairleads.	Another fairlead bushing
Rudder pedals acoming along.	Checking space between stabilizer and control surface for...	Gap seals fitting	Gap seals as they have come from Aerographic.	Checking rudder pedal attach locations
slight gap to allow the pedal to swivel freely.	Brake pedal	Welding on the rudder pedal attachments.	Welding on the rudder pedal attachments.	Welding on the brake pedal attachments - this one is the...
Aligning the rudder pedal attach bushings.	Test rivet.	Test rivet.	Brake pedals nearly finished.	Brake pedals nearly finished.
Using a reamer to open up the rudder pedal bushings...	Using a reamer to open up the rudder pedal tube to hold...	Testing the fit of the base of the master cylinder.	Test fitting of the whole brake/rudder pedal with master...	Test fitting of the whole brake/rudder pedal with master...

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