The wings have been on for a while, but with temporary bolts. This weekend was finally the time to install the real ones. First concern was that the space in the fuselage center section was too big for the wing …
This was fun. With the ailerons attached, I attached the control rods between the sticks and the various bellcranks, out to the ailerons. Now, we can move the ailerons with the control stick, which is fun.
There’s no interference with …
Someone emailed me a question about how I did the front seat air vents, so thought I should describe it here, since it’s not a standard installation. I couldn’t use the plastic pieces from Van’s, because my panel extends about …
Kelly convinced me we should do the door interior before the first flight, so she’s been busy on that. One picture below, though as I write this, she’s actually almost done. More pictures later.
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With the plane in the hangar now, there are a ton of things we can work on. One of the first things I wanted to do is attach the control surfaces, to figure out what (if any) interference issues we’ll …