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 15, 2020 Today was all about wiring. We settled on ½” shark bite PVC for the wiring conduit a while ago. It's lightweight, cheap, and used by quite a few builders. I couldn’t come up with a good way to attach it to the wing ribs until I came across Panduit MHSS-SS-D lightening hole... Continue Reading →
June 14, 2020 With the tech inspection complete, we were finally ready to seal up both of the fuel tanks. Since the sealant is only good for a couple of hours once it's mixed we had to have everything sorted and planned to make the most of our time. First up, to permanently install the... Continue Reading →
June 13, 2020 We had our first tech advisor inspection and overall it went well. He was happy with the general quality, but almost all of our 3/32 rivets are undersized according to our standard measurement gauge. Van’s says in Section 5.0 that they use smaller rivets than normal and that smaller shop heads are... Continue Reading →
June 12, 2020 Today was a few different items of miscellaneous wing work, starting with a service bulletin (SB) to reinforce the aileron mount bracket that we missed a couple days ago. It was shipped with the quick-build kit but it languished on the shelf when we assembled the aileron brackets the first time. It... 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 →
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