I installed the steel braided lines which wasn’t too difficult since it is basically just screwing on both ends. The flexible lines were a bit more of a pain. The brass ferrules that needed to be installed in the ends of the lines were pretty difficult. I tried boiling the Read more
Ok, I ended up having more time than I expected. By the time we got to the game we were only 20ish minutes away from kickoff and parking was now way too far away so I dropped the family off and went home. I ran the rudder cables while I Read more
I didn’t get a ton of time today as I have a baptism that I get to attend and then my son is playing in the OU band tonight for their high school recruitment night so I got as much as I could done. I got the pedals assembled, installed, Read more
While I’m still waiting to decide on what fuel system I want to use, I went ahead and started section 37 which is the installation of the rudder pedals, brake cylinders, and rudder cabling. So the title pretty much wraps up the total time I’m counting in this post for Read more
I realized as I was going back through the sections and double checking their work that they didn’t do two things. One was install the front floor boards permanently and two was to secure the rear vents. I got both of those done today though it took quite a bit Read more
I decided to move forward with some of the sections that I knew needed to be done and would not interfere with the other sections I was jumping past. So I decided to do the brake lines. A pretty easy section in terms of how much time that was needed Read more
Last night before I went to bed I decided I needed to 3d print the components I was going to be installing in my system so I could plan space, cable runs, etc. And below is the fruit of my efforts (granted Garmin provided the models) The first one is Read more
I spent a good portion of my build time today working on the avionics and power distribution documentation. I decided I’m going to swap out the GTR 205xR remote comm radio for an actual nav/comm radio. This will be my separate backup for IFR navigation just in case the GTN Read more
I need to plan the conduits that will traverse the rear seat and baggage area. There isn’t any good way to access that area after I seal it off so I need to get conduit run through that area so I can make runs down the road. In the mean Read more
I finished the empennage today with some help from Brendon and Kate. Trying to work on the ground while also having to be in the fuselage was not going to work with just one person. But all of the rivets have been set. I am surprised that they didn’t install Read more