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First set of Phillystran Guys to be ~52' area
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N1WK Setting the 2nd Guyed Section
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Looking good 2 sets of Guys and 60'
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Top section getting ready
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N1WK Getting another section up.
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N1WK 70' On!
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N1WK Hopefully the 3el Steppir to the left will live about at Kim's Feet on the new tower.
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What is getting replaced. It is time........
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Nope... Still can't see it from K-Mart "Highly disappointed"
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The feedline going up to the 80m Inverted Vee ~70' apex hung off of gin pole
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The 80m Inverted vee ~70'
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KE1LI Securing the last section/top ~78'
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KE1LI It is on and the guys have been secure... Yeah! It is up!
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Hardware to rebuild 2 complete TicRing 1022 ring rotors
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Here is the removable bearing and clips for install of the ring on the Tic Bracket
There is a spring loaded bearing that you need to fight to line up this bearing's bolt
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This is the loosely assembled ring. One motor on the ground.
Note the clamp in the middle- 3 of these with 4-bolts each secure the ring to the tower
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The needle on the original Tic controller drifts more that the old FT-101EE
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For size comparison the Caddy wheel- I can easily handle the bracket and ring with one hand
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2nd Thrust Bearing and slightly used bolts
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Need 6 more of the Gr5 bolt- 12 of the bigger cotter pin and 2 of the little guys
to complete the Tic hardware
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Wire brushed and a heavy coat of cold galvanizing paint. Looks like new
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Fixed the drifting- labeled and WX-Proofed the cables for the TIC motors
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Making sure all of the new hardware is ready to rock
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KE1LI Started early tightening guy brackets
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KE1LI N1WK Tic ring is up there- Lowering gin pole
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KE1LI Setting the Tic bracket
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KE1LI Setting the Tic Ring!
After briefly wrestling with the slave Tic drive, Paul decided that since the gears didn't match
That it was not getting mounted. This was a very good idea!
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This is why..... The c-clip ring is about 1/8" away from it's home
Cleaning and pushing the clip down was fine, I wonder if it was knocked out of whack from Leo's original install!?!
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Nice and tight at top and bottom
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My First windload! (Besides W1UJ climbs...)
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Camera zoomed in. Looks good
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