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I finished the whole area.  This included the final paint job for which I
used Zolatone paint (Trunk paint)

The gear went in and I fitted the doors to ensure a good mate with the
bottom skin.  I ran plastic tube up to the gear micro switches from the
close out rib for the wiring.  You can prethread the wire or use a leader.
It is easy to glass in the tube but hard to deal with the small gauge wire.
Also watch out for the brake pipe run.  I used -3 SS covered teflon down to
the operating cylinders.  Heat at the calipers has given problems of
leakage/failure and we steer with the brakes.  I brought the hose up to a
hard point in the half rib in the stub wing.  From there I used the Lancair
supplied plastic pipe.

Do everything you can, it's much easier than lying on your back trying to do
it.

I still have some minor things to do but I figure I have broken the back of
the work.  Incidentally Zolatone paint really covers up minor imperfections.

Good luck

Ian Crowe.
Battling with the baffling baffling

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