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The Puerto Rico Flyers

 

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,

for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”

- Leonardo da Vinci

One of the exhaust pipes broke while in flight blowing 1,300 degree gasses on to the nose wheel H bracket causing it to fail during landing. On landing the airplane shimmied, a lot, but I taxied it back to the hangar without a problem. Here is how we did the repair.

 

Nose Wheel Assembly Details

Exhaust & Firewall Repair