Feel like a complete pillock

I just put the following up as a post on the BMAA forum.

“On the AX3 there are links each side the tops of which are connected to the cockpit frame tubes and the bottoms to the main undercarriage wheel hubs. Because they pass through the pod, to remove the pod you have to disconnect the top of each one and let it drop it down.

After refitting the pod you have to reverse the procedure. The tube from which the links are fabricated is of course round and because the tops are enclosed in the brackets that secure them to the frame, which are an inverted simple U shape, there has to be a shaped plastic spacer on each side of the tube, within the brackets. So the bolt that holds them passes though the side of the bracket, through a spacer, through the tube, through the other spacer and out of the other side of the bracket. And access is through a restricted space at the side of the pod, from above and below.

Well, this evening I’ve spent about 2 hours just getting one of them reconnected. Getting all of the holes lined up was virtually impossible and I’ve been heaving, pushing, cursing, swearing, sweating – just about everything you can think of except get the job done. I got to the point where I was just about ready to set fire to MYRO and walk away but then I thought, what happens if I disconnect the bottom, undercarriage end.

So I did and it all lined up and went together in about 10 seconds.

I have never felt such a total pillock in all my life. I think it’s what’s called a learning curve” 😕