Hi, Bill. As you can imagine, estimates are difficult to make. A lot of time is spent figuring out what needs to be done and how to do it. The drawing is critical as well as the instructions in the Ercoupe Memorandums (59 and 59a if memory serves me - the books are on the bench in the hangar at the moment). If you have a complete kit (e.g. new), it will speed the process. I purchased a partial kit on eBay and have spent time finding the missing parts. And then there is inevitable mistakes that are made, requiring disassembly and reassembly. I have been working on it in earnest for more than a week with my A&P doing the critical skills steps like riveting and applying safety wire. The rudder pedal installation would have been very expensive if I was not willing to do much of the work. Here are some notes:
1) it is very small inside the coupe so getting in and out of the bare chassis is challenging since you must be very careful where you step (if you are double jointed or have abnormal flexibility it should be easier) 2) the floor boards and the entire seat must come out (meaning all the structural elements such as seat pan and seat back 3) removing the rudder cables from the control quadrant is challenging since there is a bolt that needs to be cut off unless you are willing to remove the entire quadrant and disassemble it 4) when drilling the holes for the reinforcement plates, be very careful of what is on the other side (I got the joy of replacing a fuel line) 5) work slowly and methodically (take the time to make sure that you are doing it right) I have been taking pictures as the work proceeds. Some of them are posted in a photo album on this group. If you want to see something in particular, I either have a view or can get one since I am still not done. I hope to be done this weekend. I hope your project takes less time. Frank Nelson --- In [email protected], "wbuhles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All; > > Great discussions in this group that I find very helpful. Thank you > everyone. > > Thank you Frank for update on your installation of rudder pedals. I > just dropped off my 415C for annual, along with the rudder pedal kit. > I've asked my A & P to install them. He wanted to know the approximate > number of hours required for an accomplished mechanic to finish the > job. Any estimates??? > > Bill Buhles > Davis, CA > N94157, 415C SN1480 >
