Tailwheel doors

This is the LH outer skin of the tailwheel door trial fitted to the opening of the fuselage. Visible is the heavy hinge used and shows the gap in the middle of the hinge where the hinge pins are able to be inserted or removed to service the area. A straight edge bar is used to ensure the doors are true to the fuselage when closed as the doors are being built. 

Looking up into the fuselage with the tail wheel doors hanging open. Of interest is the tail leg attach fitting on frame #13 low in the picture. Also visible is the retract ram, upmost in the picture, then there are the phenolic guides fitted for various control cable runs on frame #14. 

The doors fitted and held closed. Just visible to the upper of the picture is the aft jacking pad. This is a Cadmium plated steel fitting.