Parts primed Drilled and riveted pushrod ends onto tubes
Sawing the threads off the hardward. It's used as a pin in this application The canopy jettison mechanism all put together Riveted the doubler onto the forward skin. Sealed with tank sealant Dimpled top forward skin Fabricated top hinges for firewall Drilled the hinges to the firewall Begain riveting the top skin on after priming.
Riveted the instrument panel frame into place Mounted gas struts for canopy Drilled bolt hole for canopy release mechanism Fabricated canopy release pushrods. I used the mill and lathe for these steps. I feel sorry for folk who half to do this by hand. Doesn't seem like an easy thing to make accurately by hand Drilled bolt holes Need to mill slots.
I remembered that I had purchase the flap position sensor kit from Van’s a while back. When I was installing the flap system I totally forgot about it. Well, last night I remembered. In order to install it some of the parts had to come back out for modifications.
A little hole had to be drilled into the center portion of the flap torque tube Fabricated the rod that connects the torque tube horn to the position sensor Wired up the molex connector to the position sensor wires
Installed nutplates onto the center wire channel Riveted the wire channel into the fuselage Installed the canopy decks onto the longerons. Van's has you seal underneath them with tank sealant Installed instrument panel supports to the canopy deck I discover I was missing two brass inserts for the brake lines the other night when I was installing the brakes.
Riveted the sub-panel assembly together Painted, then riveted in the sub-panel assembly Primed then painted the next batch of parts for this section
Trimmed the sub-panel according to plans Primed batch of parts for the upper forward fuselage Began riveting parts together
Match drilled flap torque tube assembly Drilled a safety wire hole in the flap linear actuator arm Flap actuator and torque tubes installed
Brake/Rudder pedals assembled with brake master cylinders installed Fabricated rudder pedal bearing blocks Braked/Rudder pedals installed. I mounted the brake reservoir on the firewall, but forgot to take a picture. The right pedals are plumbed into the reservoir
Today I sprayed “Destroyer Grey” urethane from Eastwood on the interior. This was my first time shooting a solvent based urethane. I figured it would be good practice if I end up spraying the exterior myself. I have all the safety gear (fresh air respirator, full hood and tyvek suit), so why not spray the interior with something that’s going to be durable. On my last plane (N211WJ) I was a bit lazy about this step.