Lots of work done these past four days. I primed all of the parts that I spent the prior week prepping. Once the priming was done things went together fast. I put the center fuselage floor together and attached the skeleton of the center console and the rudder pedals to the floor. I wasnt able to finish installing the brake cylinders on the rudder pedals because I have 8 bushings that are back ordered. I had to sand down the bushings for the rudder pedals to smooth out the movement.
After the rudder pedals went in I tried to install a control stick, the other one is back ordered. But I ran in to a problem which was that it initially looked like the stick was too short as I couldnt get the stick mounts bolted to the spar. I figured out that the problem was that I had to angle the front fuselage floor instead of having it in plane with the center fuselage floor. Once the front floor had the correct angle the stick fit as it should. Currently there is a lot more resistance on the side to side motion of the stick but I am waiting to fix it until the side skins are on as that should ensure I have the exact correct angle of the front floor skin. Next I installed the flap and elevator torque tubes but I didnt rivet the them in yet. The rear elevator torque tube I did rivet in place, and I did take it out several times to sand the bushings to reduce the friction on the tube. I had it where I wanted it but after shooting the rivets the tube it tight again. I'll have to drill the rivets and take it back out to sand some more but for the time being I moved on.
I also installed various parts on the center fuselage but I am running into small clearance issues and have had to grind away a little bit here and there to ensure a proper fit. I also installed the aileron garmin autopilot servo because it just seemed easier to do now while there was more clearance.
Lastly I tried to install the flap actuator but the problem I ran into there was that the instructions call for 8 AN5 thin washers but the kit inventory and what I had on hand only have 3 thin washers. I tried to install it with regular washers but the nut does not have enough grip on the bolt so I will have to get the thin washers or get a longer AN5 drilled bolt.