I had previously purchased fuel lines from Aircraft Specialty to establish the position for the SDS dual fuel pump assembly in the tunnel. I had also previously enlarged the holes for the return fuel lines and drilled the extra hole… Read More »Fuel Lines
I’ll be using TCW linear servos to control cabin heat so I got the brackets for the valves mounted to the firewall today. I tested with a 12v power supply and the servos work as intended.
I had previously purchased brake lines from Aircraft Specialty and it was now time to get them installed. I will install the lines from the parking brake to the pedals when I final-install the pedals (after painting the interior). The… Read More »Brake Lines
While I had the upper forward off, I decided to fit the parking brake cable. I had previously mounted the valve and reclocked the arm on the valve to allow the cable to be routed from the right. I am… Read More »Parking Brake Cable
I placed my quick build wing order in December 2020 and my wings finally arrived today. The shipping company agreed to let us unpack the crates in the truck which avoided us having to find a way to get the… Read More »Wings!
With all of the prerequisite work completed, it was time to permanently secure the rear seat bases. Other than final painting the exposed surfaces and the cover panels, the covers and floor panels section of the plans is almost complete!
The baggage door section of the plans is now complete! I took my time while riveting to make sure everything remained in alignment. This required clecoing/unclecoing the inside panel multiple times while riveting the skin to the baggage door frame.… Read More »Baggage Door Complete
I accumulated a decent sized batch of parts while waiting for primer. This included the baggage door parts, the tunnel cover, the A/C bulkhead cover, and all of the interior panels. I etched, primed, and installed nutplates once cured. I’m… Read More »Another Batch of Parts Primed
I did another round of cabin top trimming this evening. I hadn’t yet trimmed the rear window flanges so I finished that up. I also needed to remove a slight bit more along the rear of the pilot side door… Read More »Cabin Top Trimming (Part 5)
I got the baggage door parts ready for priming today. After reading through the plans, I decided to do the hinge drilling in a different order as I felt that I would have better odds of getting everything aligned. I… Read More »Baggage Door Parts Prepped
