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| AN 01-25CN-2 | PARAGRAPH 1, 2 & 3 |
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1. SHIPMENT OF AIRCRAFT. a. Each airplane is shipped in two wooden crates. The larger crate contains one complete wing panel with landing gear installed. (See Figs 9 and io.) The wing panel crate also includes the following items: wing tips, pilot's seat, wing fillets, rudder, stabilizers and elevators, fin, tail fillet, propeller nose cone, propeller, a small box of propeller parts, another small box containing the propeller power unit, a box of loose equipment, and a 150 gal. belly tank. The small crate (See Figs. 11 and 12) contains the fuselage with engine installed, engine and radiator cowling attached, the windshield and cabin enclosure assembled. The fuselage is bolted to a stand which is in turn bolted to the floor of the crate. The following items are also included in the fuselage crate: engine oil, prestone (coolant fluid), Station #5 armor plate, hydraulic fluid, 75 gal. belly tank, radiator exit duct, #3 outboard guns and attaching parts, special repair material, two blister fillets, engine and cockpit covers, and a box of loose equipment. b. UNCRATING THE PANEL BOX-The first crate to be dismantled is the wing panel crate. There are several ways the panel crate may be disassembled, and the contents removed, but the following procedure is recommended. Remove the upper and lower halves of one side in the order mentioned, and then take off the upper half of the other side. Take out as much of the equipment as possible, which should include the wing fillet units since they are fastened to both the sides and top of the crate. Next . ove the top and take out the 150 gal. belly tank. After removing the belly tank, take off the lower half of the remaining side and remove the remaining equipment.
Take off both ends of the crate, and the wing panel is now ready for removal. Attach the wing hoisting |
sling (No. 87-88.409) to the panel. One hoisting sling is sent with every fifth airplane and the case containing the sling is marked on the outside. To attach the sling, secure the two sliding plates marked "REAR" to the rear of the panel tee sections. There are two studs in each plate, match the stud marked '"24th Hole" with the 24th hole from the front of the tee section. (See Fig. 13.) Do NOT attach the other two plates marked "Front." Hoist the wing clear of the crate in a vertical position. With about 20 men holding the leading edge, the wing may be lowered to a horizontal position and the two "FRONT" plates of the hoisting sling fastened in their respective positions. The stud markE "4th Hole" should be inserted in the 4th hole from the front of the panel tee section. The wing should then be lowered to a wing cradle or some other support that will retain it in a horizontal position. The assembly weight of the wing is approximately 2600 pounds. c. UNCRATING THE FUSELAGE BOX. - Remove the.top and both sides in the order mentioned. Remove the two blister fillets from the aft end of the crate, and the engine and cockpit covers from the forward end. Remove both ends of the crate. Take out all the loose equipmem Remove the side engine cowl from both sides of the fuselage and attach the front hoisting sling to the lugs provided on the engine mount (see Fig. 14.) Insert a bar about 31/2 feet long through the lift tube at the rear of the fuselage, attach the rear hoisting sling, and hang a 100 pound weight on each side of the bar. Attach the front and rear hoisting slings, each to a hoist, and take up the slack in both sling assemblies. Remove the bolts holding the fuselage to the metal stand, and hoist the fuselage clear of the crate. Two traveling hoists at least 18 feet high should be available for hoistine the fuselaze. The hoist at the forward end of the fuselage should have a capacity of 2 tons if only the fuselage is to be hoisted, and 4 tons if the complete airplane is to be hoisted. The hoist at the aft end should have a capacity of one ton.
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