EP 4.35 Tail Fairing
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EP 4.35 Tail Fairing
Tail Fairings Revisited
Work continues on the tail fairings, where I’m eager to get a good fit. Abandoning the Van’s fairing for one from Fairing’s Etc., I’m hopeful that I’ll wind up with a better transition between these airframe components. Initial fit shows similar gaps to the Van’s fairing, but the unit is much easier to rework. I’m […]
Project Update: The Low Effort Episode
EP 4.34 The Big List
EP 4.33 Attaching Rudder and Linkage
Controls
Adding in the controls is a fun step–although they’ll control nothing for some time. In fact, they won’t even penetrate the firewall until the engine is hung. I had purchased a throttle cable bracket–which will hold much more than the throttle cable–from Stein a while back. Actually I purchased two, a small and a large. […]
Rudder Fairing
Time to start on another fiberglass portion of the build: the bottom rudder fairing. This piece was trimmed along the factory line and the fit was pretty good right from the get-go. Holes were drilled and nutplates installed for mounting. The fit wound up being sub-par. Buckling/pukering and some “dog-earing” toward the front of the […]
EP 4.32 Completing Tail Surface Installation
Adding Antennas (Antennae?)
More antennas (antennae? (It’s antennas, I just checked)), which means more doublers and more time in the back of the plane. We’re doing the WAAS GPS puck just behind the slider and the Com 2 antenna just in front of the vertical stab. This spacing is slightly less than what Garmin recommends, but what can […]