Matco brake upgrade
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 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 (presumbly) adj...
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 Luggage box Fitted the luggage box and the front plate on Rib 3 and Rib 4. Then riveted ...
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...
TLDR Rough inspection on fuselage crate Built rear fuselage rib assembly 6,7,8,9 Prepared rib 5 using the RF jig Details Opening the box With most of the wing work behind me, I opened t...
TLDR Left tank passed leak test Installed the tank to the wing An issue with a single rivet Details Leak test After waiting for 1 week since I sealted back channel, I started pressure t...