June 24, 2020 Since the left fuel tank has been deemed leak free, I re-attached it to the wing today. The Z brackets don’t line up exactly, but a small dowel and a little prying and it all bolted together ok. All the wiring and other parts came in, so everything is now in the... Continue Reading →
June 23, 2020 OMG MORE NUT PLATES! The rest of the nut plates arrived so I spent another day installing them into the floor. They suck to install, but they’re done and all the floors are removable instead of having to drill out rivets for every annual. Also, we want to add tie-downs in the... Continue Reading →
June 19, 2020 A lot of miscellaneous things today, but it sure took a long time to do them. I tried fabricating the tunnel cover and messed it up. The drawings show the hole spacing on the cover plate, but don’t give dimensions for how the plate mounts on the stand-off Z channel. We assumed... Continue Reading →
June 18, 2020 Today the glove was still inflated so we took a soapy bottle of water and started spraying everything. No bubbles could be found so we called it good and cleaned everything up. We’re waiting on some click-bond stand-offs to be able to tie down the wires for the fuel level sender before... Continue Reading →
June 17, 2020 The side stiffeners that run under the top forward skin are shipped with the quick build kit with two half round aluminum pieces that hold them in place. These aren’t mentioned anywhere in the plans, so we assumed they were jigs to hold the stiffeners in the correct location. After drilling the... Continue Reading →
June 16, 2020 Since we have a bunch of stuff on order for the wings, we went back to working on the fuselage. Paul made the elevator bell-cranks and spacers and temporarily installed the assembly. Elevator Bell Crank We then installed and match drilled the top forward skin that sits right behind the baggage compartment.... Continue Reading →
June 10 & 11, 2020 Today was about pedals, starting with making the brake pedal assemblies. They went together easily except for the one rivet where the squeezer slipped and I messed it up. Not a biggie though. I found yet another point where the drawings don't match up with reality. The drawing for the... Continue Reading →
June 9, 2020 The tailwheel spring mount came back and it looks pretty good with a 20% exterior gloss black. I asked them not to paint the two surfaces that mate up to the bulkhead so that I wouldn't have an issue with it being too thick of a layer of paint to fit. Once... Continue Reading →
June 3, 2020 Before we can powder coat the tailwheel spring mount there's two more holes I need to drill. These holes are for 2 "keeper rivets" to help align the spring mount with the aft-most bulkhead. Frustratingly, the plans don't dimension the location of those holes in any useful way. After speaking with Van's,... Continue Reading →
June 2, 2020 Today was spent jumping all around the fuselage and started with finding all the parts to put the control stick together. It took a while to get the bushing in the mount without it binding. I think one tube may have warped a little with the welding, so I took a Dremel... Continue Reading →
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