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Fuselage February 2007 Updates February 03, 2007 Wheels.... - 1 hrs I need to be building but Jon wants to go flying so who am I to say NO. Anyway he moved the plane before I got to the hangar so we decided to do it on Sunday instead. Doug Reeves from Dallas and a few others are going to me some of us from the Houston area at Hilltop Lakes for breakfast. So to start something simple that I could knock out quickly I figured I would start on the main wheels. First you have to split the wheels by removing 3 bolts. This makes it easy to add the tubes and tires. With the wheels split I removed the valve core on the tube to allow easy install in the tire. I installed the tube and added the wheel hubs in place. Next I partially inflated the tube a few times and deflated to get the tube in place before fully tightening the bolts. The camera battery died before I could get the last picture of the completed wheel. Inflated to 30 lbs and will store this way until I add it to the gear when installed. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.