I finished almost all of the dimpling on the oil cooler box assembly and got it riveted together. There is one rivet hole that I can’t get a squeezer in to get it dimpled. I’m going to see if the chapter has a size 4 rivet hole dimpler that I Read more
I spent some time getting the oil cooler mount assembly prepped for install tonight after doing the cable runs from the tailcone. Just alot of deburring, drilling, etc.
I zip tied the static line down this morning, ran the ELT control cable to the front of the fuselage, and I also got the static and antenna runs through the flap torque tube area, up the side of the plane and to the front panel. I need to figure Read more
I changed my mind a little bit on where exactly to run the static line. I was going to run it along the upper stringer until I got to the baggage bulkhead, but then it got to the point where I wasn’t sure how best to get the bolts through Read more
While I had a little bit of time tonight I got the static line mounts fabricated, five in total. I’ll use the L bracket one to mount the T connector, and the rest will be used along one of the upper stringers to bring the line up to the baggage Read more
I got the line run in the channels I ran under the baggage and rear seats. I’m going to have to make modifications to the side panel now to get access to hide both the wires and this static line behind the other panels I took off. I had put Read more
I decided to at least get a few things done today so I installed the master relay which took all of 5 minutes but then the rest of my time was trying to find all of the parts from the Aircraft Spruce pitot static system I bought. I know there Read more
I’m still head deep into getting my CFI done, but I honestly believe I’ll be able to get my CFI by the end of April to middle of May. As such I wanted to get some parts in so that I can make more progress outside of the fiberglass work Read more
Alot more sanding today, granted I didn’t have alot of time to do it since we had some post Christmas activities today and I was also going on some flight training as well. I decided to rearrange the garage so I could keep the canopy close by and move the Read more
The cabin top came on and off quite a few times today. I did start using the belt sander because I’m going to have to take quite a bit of material off. I need more belts so I’ll grab those tomorrow along with some good goggles to keep this dust Read more