Month: May 2016

I decided it is time to put the fuse’s side skins on. I just don’t see any benefits in keeping them off any longer Clecoed skins and doublers Started riveting right skin Spent 4 hours  

Completed some work on rollbar drilled rollbar bases, cleaned and primed, clecoed it on the fuselage structure spent 1 hour  

Continued working of the upper firewall It looks like there is a mismatch in the plans – the long hinge F-1201J should be 1/4 inch longer to alingn with the edge of F-1201H Anyway I did that made most sense …

FWD upper fuselage – more work Read more »

Started work on Section 29A – Forward upper fuselage. Completed the first 4 steps and a half of the step 5 Lots of drilling and rivet squeezing.   Spent 4 hours

Continued working on parts for rollover structure and baggage bulkhead (Section 24, pages 3, 4 and 5) Page 3 – completed step 6 only Page 4 is fully done (Funny, step 1 and 2 are wrong way around) Page 5 …

More Bits for rollover structure Read more »

Prepared a few bits for rollover structure F-1254-L & -R Support Frames. F-1232B Roll Bar Brace Brackets F-1207C Baggage Bulkheads F-1232A Roll Bar Brace   Spent 2 hours  

Started working on fuel system. It is even more painful than breaks hydraulics. The 45 degrees fittings don’t seem to be tight enough in the required position. I hope the tread sealant will help. The good news is the valve …

Fuel system started Read more »

Attached brakes hydrophilic tubes to master cylinders and setup the rest of the plumbing. The task turned out to be a bit harder than I expected It is done anyway and the section 27 is completed now. Spent 5 hours

Replaced the incorrectly installed nutplates (K1000-08) with the right ones (K1000-03) Attached pedals-brakes assembly to the fuselage Plumbing comes next Spent 1 hour

Got a new 1/4″ drill bit. It set me back $14 Completed all the steps to put the pedals and brakes together and attempted to install it on the fuselage. Realised that some time few weeks earlier I made a boo-boo …

Pedals and Brakes – Part 2 Read more »