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| In November 2009 the repaired rear
transmission platform
was painted and prepared (above
left) for the refurbished tail rotor control servo
assembly to be
re-fitted on the port side (above
right) in January 2010. |
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| All corrosion was removed from the
rotor brake assembly before it was painted and mounted on the new
section of the rear transmission deck later in January 2010. |
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| The replacement cockpit
canopy, which had been in storage, was cleaned, masked and primed (above
left) by the end of February 2010. After
a final coat of blue paint had been applied, a Maeda mini crawler
crane became available at short notice, on 7th April 2010. Before
the canopy could be hoisted into place the refurbished instrument
panel was lowered into position (above
right) and partially installed by Mike and Stuart. |
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| Minutes after
installation of the instrument panel, on 7th April 2010, the
cockpit canopy was raised, swung round and carefully lowered onto
its fixing points. Once in place it took some time to position
correctly due to slight dimensional differences. |
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| One of the two auxiliary
fuel tanks, situated behind the cabin rear bulkhead and above floor
level, was cleared of corrosion
and repainted in April 2010. A month later, on 29th May 2010, Stuart
was preparing to replace the fibreglass louvred fairing above the tail rotor blade
control servo and rear
transmission deck. |
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