The final stage of the long elevator trim tab journey ended when we actually rigged the trim tabs. The motor is in the tailcone and attaches to the trim tabs via two cables routed through the horizontal stabilizer.
We then …
We did most of the work for the wing root fairings earlier, but we needed to finish drilling holes and installing nutplates on the front side of the wings. This should (thankfully) be the last set of nutplates we need …
The last fuel lines we needed to make go between the fuselage and the wings. In doing that, we noticed our flaring tool was putting gouges in the backside of the flare. Here’s one of the worst ones.
After taking …
I put the fiberglass wingtips on the other day, at least with a few screws. All the lights are connected, too, so it was a great opportunity to test everything out. I wish I’d taken video, but I verified that …
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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