TLDR Test fitted cowling on the firewall Made jig to hold cowling in place at the front Cut & fitted the top cowling Details This entry is a summary of about 2 days’ work. I’ve lost ...

TLDR Replaced the factory exhaust pipe with the Sling custom version Details It was a long day cutting and fitting the exhaust pipe. Some heavy tools were used and it was nerve wrecking cutt...

TLDR Installed the loom sealing bracket on the firewall Zip tied the cables some more Details Sealing Brackets Now that the engine harness are connected, I installed the firewall loom sea...

TLDR Started modifying the exhaust pipe. Details On the Rotax 915, Sling wants me to cut off a section of the straight exhaust pipe and replace it with a bent pipe. Measuring Sling provide...

TLDR Installed custom mount for the wing connectors Details During the Midwest Panel Builder’s visit a couple of weeks ago, they offered to make me a custom mount to secure the wing connecto...

TLDR Finished replacing the rear fuselage rib at CF-RIB-007-R-C-3 Details Rear Fuselage Rib Replacement Continuing from last week’s work, I finished putting on the remaining rivets of the r...

TLDR Filled a few dozen rivets with Amy Started to Replaced the rear fuselage rib at CF-RIB-007-R-C-3 Details Rivet Filling This week Amy has spring break, and I brought her to the hangar...

TLDR Fixed ELT wires Fixed fuel pressure sensor wires Organized some harness wires Tested as much harness wires as possible Details I’ve been so excited for today, because the Midwest ...

TLDR Torqued propeller hub Installed the hub brush assembly Details Torqued propeller hub Torquing the 6 AN5 bolts on the hub was pretty straightforward with a crowfoot. I turned the cro...

TLDR Traced and fixed the CAN wires. Details Tracing CAN wires Continuing the work from last week, I focused on the CAN wiring between the ECU and the G3X. Three sets of connectors are invo...