Paul Gallati's Monarch F

July 31, 2003

All the work needed to be done is finished and the glider fits nicely in the trailer.Ready for Pickup Paul.

	Wings are laid in the holders, The root end has wheels. this does require two people to load properly.
	Fuselage ready to be pushed in. The fuselage is held by a track running along the top of the trailer.
	OK ready to go! Just lower the trailer and close the door.
	The tilt mechanism for unloading and loading.

July 11, 2003
The rear fittings where replaced since they were found to be too sloopy. The gliders was put in the trailer for fitting.... and still a few fixes there needed.

	the enlarged hole in the fuselage for the aileron belcrank
	Adjusting out the yaw damper
	The rear fittings on the wing and fuselage were replaced.

July 9, 2003
The Monarch has been set up and the controls adjusted, The aileron pushrods have been cut to length and rivited. The rear spar attachments have been enlarge to much and need to be repalced on the left side. The yaw dampers have yet to be adjusted.

	The struts adjusted,
	Elevator push rod adjusted by cutting the length with new fittings.
	Wheel installed and skid trimmed.

June 27, 2003
Good progress on the Monarch. The fuselage is fitted to the holder and the wheel and mud guard is installed. Still haveto fit everything in the trailer and do some touch up.

	The fuselage in the fuselage holder
	The new tire is fitted with the mud guard and the axle is drilled and the spacer is epoxied in.

June 19, 2003
The wing tip holders are finished and the wings in the trailer. The tow release was changed wtih the addition of an AN4 bolt and nut on the inside. The bar connecting the two sides of the release was shorted and welded back together. The pushrods in the wheel well were filed and there is now more clearance. we are waiting for the new tire and tube.

The fusleage holder is going through modification.

	The bolt on the top left has been replaced with an AN4. WE had to shorten the connecting tube between the tow releases to make it all fit easily.
	Note the cut down pushrod ends.
	Toby enlarging the wheel well hole to accept the wheel cover.

May 29, 2003

	The left wing holders finished may 29, 2003
	The wing tip holder started

May 17, 2003 The yaw dampers have been put on the wings

	Wes Filling the uneven surface with Micro balloons
	Yaw damper being fitted

May 5, 2003. Paul brought his airframe up to Marion to have it fitted with a new trailer and he did have some questions as to ftting of the wheel and the controls in that area and the release mechanism. But certainly this is one of the best customer built Monarchs we have seen!

	Very well done Paul!

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