Title: Vent Ducts, Door Locks, Interior Lights, Inside side skins
I did a lot of smaller tasks with the exception of the door locks which I have made some progress but they are still in works. With the front top skin drilled and clecoed into place I was able to put the dashboard in. With that in I was able to know where my fresh air tubes had to go and was able to use a silicone Y that went from a 3" opening to two 2" openings. Whats left here is I need to get the actual metal vents that close 100% as what is supplied in the kit are plastic and do no fully stop the flow of air. This is a departure from the plans in an effort to make things more simple. I am splitting the hot air which will go at the pilots feet and thru the center channel and the fresh air which will run along the sides. Also a small departure from the plans is that instead of having the nuts fro the canopy door struts stick out into the C channel that runs around the perimeter of the door, I am countersinking the screws into the C channel. My hope is that there is less to interfere with the door being pulled closed which is already a little hard due to the door not fitting quite right. I have adjusted as much as I can by slotting the mount bolt holes and when I am done I will fill the slot with JB Weld epoxy. I also decided on the aft cabin lights. There are lights I like more (Aveo eyebeam dome) but I cant cost justify it. The Aveos are 260 each. The lights I installed were 24 for a four pack. I also wired in some capacitive touch dimmers right next to the lights. The light on the left is full bright and the right one is full dim. I also installed my aft side skins, a few of the holes didn't line up but it was pretty straightforward. I had intended to wait for these but I found out that I needed. them on to drill thru and install some rivnuts for the door latches. Door locks, I am on take four with the door locks. I thought I had everything worked out but then I realized that the locks didnt actually lock and I had to change my setup. I have now hollowed out and then filled back in the door for the lock mount twice. What I had to do was sink the lock handle into the door from the outside in rather than trying to sink the mount bracket in from the inside out if that makes sense. Now that I have made some headway hopefully the going will get easier. I have also ordered some longer door lock latches. The latch needs to hang down far enough that the screw with the bushing that the latch grabs needs to be installed so the screw will penetrate the canopy in the middle of the C channel. The problem there is no adjustment for this. My current latches dont currently hang down far enough. Hopefully the longer latches are the answer. Otherwise I will just drill the hole where it needs to be based on the door latch and just hope for the best. Oh and because Sling is really good and making things almost good but not quite is the holes the drilled in the dashboard for the vents are just a hair too big. You can just see the edge of the hole with the provided plastic vents and they are also too big for the after market vents I am using. I guess I will fill the hole edges with epoxy, I am not sure. Hopefully I can hide the slightly enlarged hole from the front so I dont have to look at it. I also started talking with an upholstry shop to see if they are interested in helping provide a full interior. Maybe I will fiberglass the holes in the dash in, cut them the the correct size and have the upholstery guys redo the dash.


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