I went back out to the airport with my camera, and a Brock's catalog, to see
what I had to order.  I am very happy to report that the nose castor
assemble is not damaged as I thought.  I spot that is scuffed up, I thought
had been ground off, but in looking at the catalog, I saw that it was flat
to start with.

Also my front strut also appears to be undamaged.  The only thing that it
did was to strip off the BID layer below the MKNG3&4.   A stainless steel
skid plate (NG2A) saved everything else from damage, but it definitely
bought it in the process.  The entire center of it is ground away, but the
sides are in tact, so it didn't grind away enough of it to damage anything
else.

Since I have to sand it down to redo the BID wrap on the forward face, I'm
also going to shorten my nose strut at the same time.  I left it long
originally per advice in the archives, but I find that it is a little too
long, and would be better if it were a half inch shorter.  I really hated to
tear it apart to do that, but now is a different story.

I still have the NG2 that came with my nose wheel assemble, but I think I'll
buy another NG2A (Stainless).  They appear to be pretty tough, and saved me
from allot more damage.

I was too ticked off at myself to do a good analysis of the damage
initially, but when I went back out I was surprised when I started looking
at it that there really wasn't much damage.  The toughest will be the hockey
puck.  It's half gone (maybe 2/3), and will have to be removed and a new one
glassed in then microed and finished.  Great...I thought that I was done
sanding.

Steve Brooks
Cozy MKIV N75CZ
Feeling lucky after all


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