Well, people said I’d need one and I said, “naw fam, I’ll be fine without.” Turns out, I was wrong. It became clear, as I looked at the growing stack of avionics destined for the back of the plane, that the two wire runs down the center channel weren’t going to cut it. It also […]
Continuing on the mission to close out the fuel lines in the cockpit, it was time to address fuel supply lines and that danged center cabin cover. I’ve been jammed up on this because I didn’t know what engine I was going to run. Without knowing the engine, you don’t know the injection type. Not […]
As promised, we’re putting down avionics for a second to work on some fuel systems. The fuel vent lines extend from the fuselage side near the forward wing root up, around an aux longeron, in around the rudder cable, forward under the gusset, back down and around and then through the floor just behind the […]
Well, with some off-site-cross-country training under my belt, I’m hankering to get the plane ready for avionics. Not really knowing where I’m headed with the engine eliminates fuel systems and other components of the interior, so it’s not really out of order to hit this now… Parts fitting was, as usual, quite quick. Before that, […]
The interior is coming along, and looking sharp. Very exciting stuff. Seatbacks were primed and riveted together. A bit heavier on the primer wouldn’t have hurt, but they look fine. The rear skins (top) were removed to start work on the gussets, static system, and prep the same skins for installation. I created some keepers […]
I received a quart of new primer to see how it looks. Still using the old hardener, as I have little concern that anything has gone wrong with that. First parts out of the booth looked great–back to a little sheen, much easier to apply. You can achieve a high gloss finish with a slightly […]
Well, running out of things to do (there’s still plenty…) and thought I’d give the landing gear bracket a look. Pulled out the pieces at 7:00 am and one thing led to another… Next thing I know I’m knee deep in landing gear. First things first, getting the leg into the bracket for a test […]
Time for flaps. This step required fabrication a few little bits. Once the brackets were produced, things moved along fairly quickly. First was installing the flap weldment. This involved three bearing blocks, two which had already been predrilled to the 705 bulkhead, and the middle one that required holes and a cut down the middle. […]