- Finalized layout of rear wall tire mount
- Measured position of hardpoints in rear wall
- Cut primary steel components for rear wall tire mount
- Used wire wheel to remove scale and rust from tire mount steel
- Measured and trimmed rear vertical extrusions
- Cleaned and rough trimmed aluminum ladder for tire mount
- Fit and weld prepped tire mount steel primary frame joints
- Purchased paint for tire mount
- Fabricated long shanked drill bit for wire runs
- Drilled wire run hole in ceiling panel and side extrusion for roof hatch
- Fit checked remaining wall extrustions
- Clearanced upper fore-aft extrusions
- Started structural welding on tire mount frame
- Lifted roof panel
- Tested new ignition keys
- Adjusted engine idle
- Verified function of air warning lights
- Fit checked tire, ladder, and sand plates on tire mount frame
- Started cutting secondary steel for tire mount frame
- Fit checked water tank through habitat door
- Laid back wall on floor for edge champhering
- Fit checked, prepped, and bonded forward extrusion to roof panel
- Started fabricating spare tire boom hoist for tire mount
- Fit checked, prepped, and bonded side extrusions to roof panel
- Finished fabricating spare tire boom hoist
- Prepped and bonded roof panel
Tire Mount
Tire Mount
Steel for Tire Mount
Cutting Steel for Tire Mount Frame
Truing Tire Hoist Component
Tire Mount Frame Layout
Welding Tire Mount Frame
Fit Checked Tire Ladder and Sand Plates on Tire Mount Frame
Milling Tire Hoist Plate
Tire Hoist Plate
Removing Unneeded Material from Tire Hoist
Tack Welded Tire Hoist
Fabricating Drill Bit for Wire Runs
Fabricating Drill Bit for Wire Runs
Fabricating Drill Bit for Wire Runs
Drilling Wire Passthrough
Drilling Wire Passthrough
Drilling Wire Passthrough in Extrusion
Trimming Rear Vertical Extrusion
Clearanced Upper Fore-Aft Extrusions
Roof Ready to Lift
Roof Lifted in Place
Bonded Forward Upper Extrusion
Applying Adhesive for Roof Bond (Note Wiring)
Bonded Roof Panel
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