Nov 25, 2021     Final Assembly - Day 4 - (3 hours) Category: Final Assemb

1. Installed N number on vert. stab.
2. Installed nameplate
3. Discovered and repaired loose wire to aileron trim servo. Roll trim position working correctly now.

  Nov 24, 2021     Final Assembly - Day 3 - (6 hours)       Category: Final Assemb

Prepared airplane for weight and balance by deflating nose wheel to achieve 0.0 deg in lateral and transverse directions. Measured distance from leading edge to axel of each wheel. Kevin and Jim jacked the plane onto the scales and measured 1335 lb empty weight with left and right wheels within 3 lbs. The measured CG was 82.14 in specs and ideally located to make most use of useful load. Taxied plane and confirmed straight tracking and effective differential braking. Airspeed indicator appeared to respond to apparent increase in ground speed.

Verified operation of:
- landing lights
- wing tip strobe lights
- wing tip nav lights
- tail light
- pitot heater
- fuel pump
- defrost fans.....left fan is making noise, sounds like bad bearing, needs replacing

Roll trim position now working. Showing 0.012V and no change with position. Trims are working properly, so issues is likely a loose wire at the trim controller. Will check tomorrow.

  Nov 23, 2021     Final Assembly - Day 2 - (4 hours) Category: Final Assemb

1. Installed VS front attach bolt and torqued to 70 in-lbs. Installed cotter pin.
2. Confirmed rudder hits both mechanical stops
3. Attached rudder cables. Torqued to 25 in-lbs, then backed-off slightly until clevis pin moved freely. Installed cotter pins.
4. Applied RTV to rudder system hole. Wrapped wiring with friction tape and secured with cable tie.
5. Ground the tail light to rudder bolt and re-torqued bolt.
6. Reconnected molex plug
7. Installed rudder bottom fairing and secured wiring.
8. Fished coax through VS and secured to NAV antenna.
9. Rivered VS top fairing to structure.
10. Installed edel clamp on coax.
11. Set ELT for ARM
12. Verified pitch and rudder control are free and clear with no binding.
13. Installed wings with Carlos and Markus help. All holes lined up extremely well. Technique was to use large drift pin for initial hole line-up, then insert a 3/8" hardware bolt and then wiggle the wing tip to help insert large bolts first, using light hammer taps. Neversiese was used to lubricate the bolts. The AN9 bolts were torqued to 75 ft-lbs each and the AN6 bolts to 14 ft-lbs. Aft bolts also installed with castle nut and cotter pin.
14. Set aileron deflection slightly up at neutral (1/16" up from trailing edge). Adjusted control rod end bearings to set stick in neutral position. Installed and torqued aileron control bolts and jam nut.
15. Reinstalled flaps. Adjusted full retract angle at 8 deg down relative to canopy rail - about 1 deg off of spec of 7 deg.

  Nov 22, 2021     Final Assembly - Day 1 - (8 hours)       Category: Final Assemb

Picked up engraved nameplate. Started to reassemble the airplane:
1. Checked jam nut torques on elevator end bearings
2. Inspected rudder cables to ensure no binding/rubbing
3. Confirmed all electrical securely tied
4. Vacuumed aft empennage area to ensure no loose objects
5. Installed horizontal stab and torqued AN4 bolts to 70 in-lbs
6. Checked torque on all other HS bolts
7. Bolted aft elevator pushrod using two 0363P washers on each side of bearing. Torques to 25 in-lbs
8. Checked elevator travel. Measured 25.3 deg up and 26.5 deg down. Filed upper stop to increase up travel to 29.5 deg, so now in spec. In cabin, stick stops 1/2 in from panel and just presses into the seat.
9. Installed VS/rudder and torques all bolts to 25 in-lbs.
10. Checked torques on all elevator bearings and attachments.