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Old Crow's Le Pelican restoration

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oldcrow

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Apr 16, 2014
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Location
Lizella, Ga
Hello all,
If some of you didn't know, I was gifted my Le Pelican in October, from Percy.
Here are a couple of pics with her loaded on the trailer.

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So after a 300 mile trip back home, I hung the wings up in the shop.

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The rudder just needed cleaning and primed.

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I started on tearing the fuse. down, as all the nuts and bolts were a bit rusty. I then separated the parts into two buckets - reusable and parts to be remade. Show is the bucket of parts to be remade. ( the whole fuse. could fit in a 5 gallon bucket, just thought that was funny having a plane in a bucket)

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There was "technically" nothing wrong with these parts. It was just that the original builder drilled the rivet holes all crooked and I am to OCD to let that pass. (if you look closely at the 2 primed tubes you can see what I mean)

Here are some of the parts that have been primed and painted.

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As I have removed each part, I have measured it and I am in the process of putting each part in CAD.
Like so
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This way, if i ever need to make a new part I can print out the responding sheet. I will also make a construction manual to illustrate how each part is fitted.
 
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