Section: 41

Hours: 6

Today I hooked up the ailerons, flaps, fuel connection and wing wiring.

The tubing run from the wing tank to the fuselage were fabricated by Aircraft Specialty and fit very well.

Nav lights work!

Flap, aileron and wing tip alignment after adjusting pushrod lengths.

 

 Section: 41

Hours: 7

I got my friend Kurt to help mount the wings to the fuselage. Between the 2 of us we were able to position each wing and insert the drift pins. I had placed the bolts in the freezer over night and I was able to drive them in using a 2 foot long 1 x 2 board and hammer.

After torquing the wing bolts I hung the flaps.

Section: 41
Hours: 4

I fabricated the fuel vents from AT0-032X1/4 aluminum tubing.

Section: 41
Hours: 3

It's been awhile since I've done any riveting, but today I pulled out the rivet gun, put a couple drips of Marvel Mystery oil down the intake, fired up the air compressor, checked the hoses and air pressure and pounded a few into the wing walk panels. Luckily the stiffeners are all back riveted which is easy work.

Riveting is so much more fun than fiberglass :-)

Section: 41
Hours: 4

I fabricated pushrods for the flaps and aileron connections between the fuselage and wings.

Section: avionics
Hours: 4

Today I finished up some wiring projects. First up was adding the connector cable to the roll servo in the wing.

I discovered the hole in the servo bracket that the connector mounts in was too small. Luckily I was able to reach in with the Dremel and enlarge the hole.

The db connector attaches to the back of the servo and the other connector goes through the servo mounting bracket and then plugs into the wiring harness from the wing.

I also finished up mounting the GMU22 magnetometer in the wing. I used the mounting kit that came with my panel from SteinAir. This kit fits into the ADAHRS mounting plate which inserts into rails built into the wing.

Section: 41
Hours: 1

I had previously prepped and primed the wing/fuselage intersection panels. The panel that wraps around the leading edge must be bent to match the curvature of the wing. I found some PVC pipe of the proper diameter, chucked it up in my vise and easily applied the specified radius bend.

Section: 41
Hours: 6

The weather is good and I have a just enough primer left to finish the wing root covers and stiffeners and the prop spinner bulkhead.