Tonight I finished installing the heated pitot systems. I mounted the pitot heat regulator to the middle access cover of the left wing. I decided to use Molex connectors on everything so future maintenance will be easier. I also test fit the pitot tube now that the push/pull tube is installed. There was some interference with the pitot lines and the torque tube coming out of the heated pitot tube. I had to shorten the lines coming out of the tube even more.
Today I finished riveting the the inboard bottom skins. I also did some bench testing of the heated pitot tube. The guidance from Garmin is to not trim the aluminum tubing coming out. Other vendors recommend trimming to no shorter then 6". However I need to trim the tubing down to about 5" for good clearance from the aileron push tube. The reasoning behind the guidance from the vendors is that if your going to transition from the aluminum tubing to nylon tubing (which I am) you want sufficient tubing length to absorb the heat from the pitot tube.
The White powder coating I ordered arrived today so I got right to powder coating the pitot mast. Next I assembled the components for the magnometer mount and began riveting the bottom inboard skin of the left wing
The pitot mast after being powder coated The mast baking in the oven Assembling the garmin magnometer mount and mounting brackets Mounting bracket assembled Began riveting the bottom inboard skin.