Fuel boost pump is mounted with all lines plumbed up to the firewall. I’m stopping short of the firewall completely flummoxed on where to punch it through. The bends in the tubing here took considerable effort and finesse to get correct. Dodging all other lines and getting items to mount securely within the doghouse was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]