Tonight I began work by fabricating and installing the fairlead insert in the WD-816 rudder slide.

Next, I removed the wooden work-floors from the aft fuselage and the forward floorboards, and vacuumed out the fuselage. With a friend's help, I raised the fuselage, mounted it on the rotisserie, and rotated it to the '90-degree right' position.

I began the installation of the aileron trim system and autopilot roll servo by laying out and identifying the various components and their relationships. The autopilot servo mount will be very close to the trim servo mount, so I want to make sure I have everything right before I pick up a drill.

To make room for the installation, I removed the WD-807 Control Column. The final thing I did today was to install the two trim springs on the column. I found it easy to open the spring loops with lineman's pliers.