I riveted the forward floor panels into place this evening. I left the holes open for the fuel pump mount in case I need to make any further mods before riveting it into place. Getting close to the end of… Read More »Forward Floor Panels Installed
We moved the fuselage onto the fuselage cart and I have been wrapping up a few remaining items before riveting the forward floors into place. One of those items was creating brackets to mount the SDS EFI dual fuel pump… Read More »Fuel Pump Mounting Bracket
The newly designed landing gear mounts are additionally bolted to the side of the fuselage. The holes in the sides of the gear mounts must be drilled by the builder. The gear mounts are temporarily bolted into place with 4… Read More »Landing Gear Mounts Drilled
Amber and I finished riveting the forward side skins, starting at the bottom and working upwards. There were some tricky rivets here (hard to reach). I have four rivets remaining that are under the gussets that attach the longerons to… Read More »Side Skin Riveting (mostly) Complete
I had Amber’s help this evening and we completed the riveting of the side skins to the bottom of the fuselage (the seams between the side skins and the bottom skins). I put a thin layer of 3M Firebarrier between… Read More »More Side Skin Riveting
I continued with side skin riveting today. I riveted the forward sides skins in the areas below the side decks and then riveted the side decks into place. I’ll need help with the curved portion at the bottom so I… Read More »Side Skin Riveting Continued
I have been been working on side skin riveting in the past several work sessions. This step starts at the seam between the side skins. I then proceeded with the riveting of the left mid skin to the understructure. Then… Read More »Mid Side Skin Riveting
I am installing electronic ignition/injection (SDS EFI) which uses a return fuel line. I will be using the Andair FS2020 duplex fuel selector which requires me to fabricate a custom mounting bracket. The selector arrived from England yesterday (after a… Read More »Andair Fuel Selector Bracket
I am installing a parking brake (Matco PVPV-D) and I made a custom bracket that allows me to install a limit switch that will connect to my EFIS. I designed the bracket in OnShape using the measurements from the parking… Read More »Parking Brake Bracket
I made a lot of progress this evening on riveting the fuselage substructure together. The riveting starts with the rear seat brace area. Then along the longeron and baggage door stop. The mid fuselage longerons are then riveted to the… Read More »Fuselage Substructure Riveting
