Jan 18, 2024     Rudder cable guides - (2 hours)       Category: Controls

Replaced rudder cable guides with longer color, appropriate nylon one half inch outside diameter tubing to extend from forward fuselage to aft fuselage through grommets.

  Feb 28, 2023     Heater box, cable, assembly - (4 hours)       Category: Controls

Routed heater box, cable, through bulkhead, eyeball, and connected to heater box. Function verified. Started attaching ignition wires to pushrod tubes with a dell clamps.

  Dec 16, 2022     Finished roll servo installation - (5 hours)       Category: Controls

Installed roll serve upper plans. MM four on control stick bearing and MM3 at servo end. Ops check with no chance for controls to over center.

  Jun 07, 2022     Completed left wing aileron controls. - (6 hours)       Category: Controls

Completed left-wing aileron controls. Similar description to yesterday's build. Again noted slight rubbing of pushrod exit.

  Jun 06, 2022     Aileron rigging - (6 hours)       Category: Controls

Assembled pushrods joiners and belllcranks. Trimmed distal wing spar to allow for wingtip installation later. Trimmed joiner mount per manual. Assembled bellcrank and push rods. Identified slight rubbing of pushrod as it exited the wing cut out which will need some later trimming. Trimmed approximately 1/4 inch of threads from the push rod so that inner attachment stack would not hit rib number nine. Using a digital angle measure confirmed 15�wn and 25� motion of Aileron.

  Mar 12, 2022     Install trim cable - (7 hours)       Category: Controls

Trim cable installed and routed to trim tab. All areas of contact with clamps insulated with a single layer of self adhering red silicone tape. Cable appeared to rub against lower skin of vertical fin and this was trimmed as appropriate. Alex tech expandable PET braided sleeving applied to aft and of trim cable to prevent chafing. Edges of the sleeves were contained with heat shrink tubing. Hardware as supplied. I noticed that the trim cable outer housing was slipping slightly in the aft most clamp when the elevator was flexed for up and down deflection. This was somewhat controlled and contained by application of single turn of safety wire proximal and distal to the clamp. Operational check of trim tab good. Torque on all nuts re-checked and torque seal applied

  Mar 10, 2022     Finished Rudder and elevator controls - (7 hours)       Category: Controls

Installed Rudder cable guides and fairleads. Forward fairlead is a bit long but was safety wired in place. Assembled and installed Rudder pedal adjusters. Ran rudder cables and connected Adjuster bracket from Rudder to forward pedals Using central bolt hole.. Centering confirmed.
Joystick bearings bolted to frame and lower skin with appropriate hardware.
Hardware from adjuster cable attach bracket to pedal calls for a 15 mm screw with castellated nut and cotter pin. Additional 960–10 washer applied as the bolt seemed slightly long. A big day, getting closer to flight.

  Jan 28, 2022     Rudder pedals installed. Throttle quadrant installed - (8 hours)       Category: Controls

Permanently installed rudder pedals. Drilled brake pedals to torque tubes. Brake pedals angled forward 10 Degreesneutral position with rudder pedals hanging straight down. Rudder return spring plate installed per plans. Needed to substitute a 5/16 inch spacer for master brake attachment to rudder pedal. Return springs installed. Springs placed over spacers. See pictures.
Throttle quadrant permanently installed after painting inner face. Sat in seat which was up drilled to number 30. Made engine noises.

  Dec 31, 2021     Installed control stick - (6 hours)       Category: Controls

Installed control stick and forward elevator control rod. Will delay bolting assembled control mount to floor until bottom skin is completely prepared and riveted in place.

  Dec 30, 2021     Rudder pedal install - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

Assembled rudder pedal and master brake assemblies. Fashioned master cylinder push rods out of 1/2 inch stock. Fitted assembly into aircraft. Final fitting and adjustment will be performed after fuse placed to landing gear. Unable to step in to plane at this time.