As we've made preparations for the soon to be coming Kodiak on Aerocet floats, we realized we also needed to re-enforce a few areas on our hangar structure. Since we will be hoisting the Kodiak in and out of the water, the hangar engineer felt safer if we had some metal pieces welded into a few strategic places. Because of the importance of these welds, we actually had some experts come and do the welding for us from our home office in the USA.
We had to get creative to get the welders into the hard to reach spot over the water. We ended up using a small bridge and hoisting it up with the airplane hoist.
It looked a little funny, but it was actually well thought out and safe. And don't worry, the guys were actually wearing safety harnesses, should they fall.
After the major structure welds were done, we had some extra time to build a battery cart as well. The battery cart is important for many reasons with a turbine equipped airplane.
Not only did we make a sweet battery cart, but the knowledge to do so was also left behind, providing the fuel for many more projects in the future.
After we had made all of the various pieces of the cart, we put some paint on it and reassembled it. It turned out really nice. Now we just need an airplane to plug it into! Hopefully it will be here by years end.
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