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Old 5th Nov 2015, 14:30
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oleostrut
 
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Upper HS support is present at crash scene.

The HS is attached to the airframe at only 3 points, the 2 aft pivot pins and the jackscrew at the noes.

The pivot pins are held by 2 support assemblies at either side of the fishmouth at the aft most station of the fuselage. These supports are removd to install the HS, then replaced to attach the pivot pins.

The upper aft most station frame assembly is clearly visible in the photo, the jackscrew is there as well, but not recognizable in such a low res pic. A high res pic was posted last night, but is gone now. I went to the source and got a 404 error, so gone for good, I guess.

In second pic, the red lines are the removable support rods that engage the HS pivots, the yellow lines point to their upper mount areas, visible in the other photo.





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