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| Restoration volunteers, Ray and
Chris, taking a breather as work on stripping XM328's interior
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Tangled cables in XM328's cabin,
in October 2007, as more of the anti-submarine sonar and radar equipment
was being dismantled. |
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| Ken cleaned the outside of the
aircraft to allow close examination of the skin. Removal of
access panels allowed inspection of the transmission. |
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A view of the
cockpit, looking forward and upward from the cabin, shows most of the
controls and instruments to be missing. |
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| In March 2008 work
started on dealing with several panels where the light alloy skin of the
semi- monocoque airframe, was showing serious corrosion. When this
was minor the area was cleaned off and treatment applied before priming
and re-painting. In most cases, however, the defective skin was removed and
replacement panels were manufactured, drilled and riveted into place. |
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| John removed the oil cooler
assembly (above left), on 12th March 2008,
before disconnecting the tail rotor drive shaft and rotor brake from the
gearbox. It was decided that the transmission and rotor head should be
removed from the deck to allow their refurbishment. Similarly the
condition of the deck itself needed to be established. Fortunately a
crane was still available and the big lift (above right) was performed on 12th
April 2008. |
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| Later in 2008 the
sonar buoy was refurbished and work started on cleaning up the hole in
the cabin floor, below the winch, through which the buoy was lowered by
the winch. Attempts to source a surplus winch mechanism have failed to
date. |
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