I am painting the interior before permanently attaching the cabin top. I am using an Aerosport interior so I don’t have many surfaces that need paint. I am going with a dark interior on the lower portion of the cabin… Read More »Interior Painting
The opportunity to build my engine at the Aero Sport Power was too good to pass up and I have been looking forward to doing this since I started building the airplane four years ago. I placed an engine deposit… Read More »Engine Build at Aero Sport Power
I plan on finishing and painting the A-pillars when I take the cabin top off to mount the overhead console. I test fit the Aerosport glareshield cover with the Aerosport side panels to determine how these parts would fit together.… Read More »Glareshield/Panel Fitting
I’m ready to bond the doors but I decided to fit the Aerosport interior panels first. I have previously fitted the forward interior panels. Fitting the panels is straight forward and requires minimal trimming. I used #6 nut plates to… Read More »Aerosport Interior Panels
I will be installing interior panels from Aerosport Products. The forward panels need some trimming so I decided to rough fit these now so I can get a better idea of how all of the components will come together in… Read More »Forward Interior Panels
I am routing the A/C lines down the tunnel and on top of the tunnel cover under the panel. Bill from Airflow Systems kindly sent me straight fittings instead of the 45 degree fittings that are supplied for the hose… Read More »Firewall A/C Passthrus
I am installing an Airflow Systems ASAC-5000 air conditioning system in the airplane. This log entry describes work that has been completed over several work sessions and documents the installation of the A/C evaporator and my solution for switching the… Read More »A/C Evaporator Installation
As many others have done, I am adding rear NACA ducts to supply pressurized air to the overhead console. I used the opening in the forward fuselage skins to make a template. I decided to place the forward edge of… Read More »Rear NACA Ducts
I have decided to install an oxygen system in the airplane and I have selected the Mountain High EDS-4ip Pulse Demand system. I want to be able to fill my own oxygen via a cascading fill system in the hangar… Read More »Oxygen Fill Port
After a lot of research from other builds, I finally settled on a plan for routing the air conditioning lines. A primary objective for me in the build is to ensure that systems in the airplane are accessible for inspection… Read More »A/C Line Routing