Part of attaching the wings is attaching the control surfaces, including the flaps and ailerons. Cutting holes in a perfectly good fuselage feels just wrong, but the holes for the control rods came out looking nice and closely fitting the linkage. In addition, my flap skins align nicely with the fuselage bottom and cover the […]
A bit of a jump here: Wings are attached, fuel lines, fuel vents, systems wiring, etc. all hooked up. I’m now working on the wing fairings, which require a bit of fitting and bending, and a whole bunch of nut plates. All of this will be removed for installation of final attachment hardware and then […]
Well, it’s time to start to think about putting some wings on the plane, now that we have the space. There’s a lot of work to do to prepare the wings for installation, and then to finally install them. There will be a bit of back-and-forth on this one. Exciting to see this all lined […]
The project is finally moving out to the hanger. After over three years, I’ve outgrown my little garage and am looking forward to stretching out a bit. That said, the moving process is a big lift–literally. The fuselage had to be basically lifted up on the trailer because of the height–I thought I was doing […]
As promised: more wiring cleanup on the front of the plane. I finally got the slew of connectors related to the engine sensors tied down. Also added are the (overpriced) guides that seal the holes for the ignition wires. There’s still work to be done up here. The CHT/EGT and related wires are a mess, […]
Starting the baffle seals. I’ve found using magnets to hold them in place seems to work well as they are trimmed to size and fitted. I’ll trim these and work with clecos and magnets for a while, as I’m worried about riveting without some further verification that they’ll indeed seal as intended.
The stock rear baffle support utilize two crankcase bolts, one of which on the IOX-370 is occupied by a lift loop. Reluctant to remove the lift loop and try to source all new hardware for a crank case location, I created a rear baffle support that braces from behind the rear baffle, not in front. […]