July 15, 2020 After a few days of looking at really the ugly pushrod tubes, I decided to redo the primer on them. I originally used a paintbrush to put it on, and while it was "primed" it looked terrible. I spent hours with an angle wheel and scotch-brite pads removing all the old primer.... Continue Reading →
July 14, 2020 This morning I finished installing the seat belt anchors by dimpling, priming and riveting in the mounts together. The right angle drill came in so I was able to completely install them. One more "little thing" done that I can check off the list. Seatbelt Anchors Since I can't rivet the wing... Continue Reading →
July 13, 20 The correct rod end for the elevator push rod arrived in the mail so that project can finally be finished. I used the same technique here as I did for the aileron pushrods. Measure the eye to eye distance, drill those holes in the table and then install the threaded inserts of... Continue Reading →
July 10, 2020 We're planning on mounting throttle quadrants to the arm rests. It's one of the more non-standard design choices we've made. The arm rests as installed in the quick build kit are a fairly flimsy piece of aluminum. Even without the throttle quadrants, there seems to be general consensus that the stock armrests... Continue Reading →
July 9, 2020 We finished going through all of the drawings to see what other things weren't mentioned in the instructions book. We didn't find anything in the drawings we've already covered so I moved on to the subpanel. I started with fabricating a few of the smaller mounting brackets for the subpanel and panel... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2020 Finished installing the parts I made for the baggage compartment wear blocks. Most of the prep work for these was done yesterday, so this was fairly easy to finish up. Just a few rivets and these were finished up. They'll go on a shelf for a while until final assembly. I also... Continue Reading →
June 30, 2020 Another long day today, but progress is being made. I started by finishing installing the nut plates for the flap motor side covers so that's done for now. Since the next step in the instructions is to mount the wings and tail, I decided to go back through the drawings starting from... Continue Reading →
June 29, 2020 I decided today to install the electric flap drive as the next step. First, I had to make a bunch of small components to mount the drive including spacers and random odds and ends to hold the motor in place. I drilled and installed the weldment mounts to the bulkhead and drilled... Continue Reading →
June 26, 2020 The new rudder center brace and bearing block came in the mail today. The bearing block is a side block that I'm going to modify into a center block piece so that all the blocks are the same length. I drilled out the recesses as large as I could with the stepper... Continue Reading →
June 25, 2020 I went back to work on the seats today. Most of one seat has been drilled already. Today I drilled the other one and deburred both of them. We're debating on whether or not to prime the seat backs or just leave them bare aluminum, so for now they're gonna stay clecoed... Continue Reading →
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Baskerville 2 by Anders Noren.