May 02, 2024     Started fabricating the panel area - (6 hours)       Category: Instrument Panel

Began opening the hole in the panel for the radio/gps stack. This is a repetitive on/off process that is taking much longer than I had anticipated. The angles have to be drilled for screws to attach the brackets for said avionics.

  Apr 30, 2024     HS fairing tap - (4 hours)       Category: Fuselage

I had to drill out 7 rivets each side in order to tap the longeron for the fairing gap seal that will attach here later on. They are tapped to 6-32.

  Apr 24, 2024     Had to set the pedal distance - (1 hour)       Category: Fuselage

I borrowed John's seat and backrest to set my rudder pedal position so I could torque this bolts down. John snapped a picture.

  Apr 18, 2024     Installed GSA28 servos into fuse&wing - (3 hours)       Category: Avionics

Per instructions, I installed the autopilot servos into the wing and fuselage. Pretty straightforward process.

  Apr 14, 2024     Avionics planning……… - (15 hours)       Category: Avionics

Spent a couple days not at the hangar, but rather buried in paper and the computer designing my wiring schematic and interconnect :(. I'm still not done with it but it's getting there. THERE IS ALOT GOING ON WITH WIRING .

  Apr 11, 2024     Drilled roll bar to fuse - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage

Today I spaced and drilled the roll bar to the fuselage. This went pretty smoothly. The 688 spacers were made previously. Somehow the holes were pretty darn perfect, which made the bolts just kiss the longerons which is what you want.
I did have to notch the underside of the deck in order to get into the area. The roll bar was temp installed and the canopy frame was added just to see how it would look. Pretty cool!

  Apr 09, 2024     In case you didn't know ;)       Category: Fuselage

Coming June 2024

  Apr 09, 2024     Rest of my avionics are in - (2 hours)       Category: Avionics

The reminder of my avionics arrived….. I had to trial fit them. Very rough but looks neat.

  Apr 08, 2024     Aileron trim bracket - (5 hours)       Category: Fuselage

Worked on fabrication and installation of the aileron trim system. I screwed up and cut too much tube off the main piece, so I had to order another one. Once that was in, I drilled it into the seat ribs. What a tight area and a PITA. getting the screws in there is going to be interesting.

  Apr 03, 2024     Vertical Stab attach - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage

Vertical stabilizer was attached to the fuselage and to the HS. This whole tail attachment is definitely a sport where a 90 degree drill is required. The VS was aligned per the plans with respect to getting it square and canted a certain amount of degrees for p factor. The book says a 1/4” off centerline.
Once everything was set, I drilled the hole lot of rivet holes and bolt holes.