Rear fuselage: Misc work before closing the top skin
TLDR Connected tube for the static ports Ran wire for comm1 antenna Installed luggage floor Partially assembled parachute box Installed longeron 111 and antenna doublers Details Last...
TLDR Connected tube for the static ports Ran wire for comm1 antenna Installed luggage floor Partially assembled parachute box Installed longeron 111 and antenna doublers Details Last...
TLDR Lots of rivnuts on floor ribs Rib onto main spar Details Rivnuts I installed rivnuts to all the ribs that goes onto the main spar. I think there are 30 of them. Rivnut on the cente...
TLDR Replaced stock brake with Matco dual piston brake system Details I ordered Matco dual piston brake system upgrade and the assemblies arrived a few days ago. Today I got a chance to ins...
TLDR Built the 2 front seats Painted the back of the seats Details It took me a long time to figure out how to build the front seats, especially the pull lever mechanism to (presumably) ad...
TLDR Built the rear spar Installed autopilot brackets on main spar Details I’ve decided skip ahead and work on the center fuselage while waiting for Sling technical’s advise on RF floor sk...
TLDR Installed luggage extension box to rear fuselage Installed static port Installed GMU11 mount Details Luggage box Fitted the luggage box and the front plate on Rib 3 and Rib 4. Then...
TLDR Tried to fit luggage floor skin but couldn’t make it fit Details I am working on Tsi fuselage KAI’s page 29-30 installing the luggage floor. I clecoed support channels and the floor to ...
TLDR Got the replacement side step gusset and installed it Installed rudder cable Built the luggage extension box Installed tail harness Installed rear fuselage skin Found a damage on...
TLDR Installed longerons to bottom skin Installed rear fuselage ribs and longerons Partially installed the side step support brackets and channels Details Bottom skin & longerons Th...
TLDR Built rear fuselage ribs 2-5 Built longeron assembly 8 And misc inventory Details Ribs 2 - 5 I built the ribs using the jig from the smallest to the largest. It took surprisingly l...