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I took delivery of my new to me Pitts in November, flew it two hours and promptly took the knife to the fabric Nov 28th 2015. So fast forward to now, I just finished painting all the sheet metal, we installed a electrical system and transponder, I got some new rudder cables to comply with the service bulletin . My father is covering the tail group while I did all the fuselage work. I removed and check both flop tubes which was good timing cause the one o ring was working its was towards the pick up when I drained the tanks, new fuel lines installed. Wings are in Greer SC being recovered by a very skilled freind. We did wood leading edges and repaired a lot of nose ribs, 14/18 to be exact. They were damaged when the old leading edge was installed in 1992. They also cranked the sh@t of out the I strut bolts and cracked some
Of that plywood which was replaced. I found a cracked longeron lower right aft of the spring gear attachment. I will know exactly what I have once I'm finished. I hope to be flying late April. I'm currently taping the trim and getting ready to cover the fuselage with my dad. Here is a picture of it in my basement. Thanks to Bill Rose and Smizo and others for the info and help along the way.
Of that plywood which was replaced. I found a cracked longeron lower right aft of the spring gear attachment. I will know exactly what I have once I'm finished. I hope to be flying late April. I'm currently taping the trim and getting ready to cover the fuselage with my dad. Here is a picture of it in my basement. Thanks to Bill Rose and Smizo and others for the info and help along the way.
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