Avionics rack support
TLDR Made some support angle for the avionics rack Detail I test fitted the avionics rack and made some support angle for it. I bought the raw aluminum angle material from Home Depot. M...
TLDR Made some support angle for the avionics rack Detail I test fitted the avionics rack and made some support angle for it. I bought the raw aluminum angle material from Home Depot. M...
TLDR Installed Autopilot servos (GSA 28) Details I needed two GSA 28 for autopilot, one of roll and one for pitch. Bolts Installing the bolts and nuts were not fun, as the access is fairly...
TLDR Installed the rear seat belts Installed the front seat belts Detail Between yesterday and today, I installed all the seat belts. Rear seat belt The rear set is simple. There are a f...
TLDR Installed the luggage door Detail As one of the last few things on the rear fuselage, I finished installing the luggage door. Last time when I was test fitting the piano hinge didn’t r...
TLDR Started to work on brake lines Detail I started to install brake lines and test fitted some of them in the fuselage. gear to fuselage I inserted the 2 line lines from wheel through th...
TLDR Bolted the rear parachute cable Detail It took me two whole nights to bolt on the rear parachute cable. The fitting was easy. The rear parachute cable went through the side skin channe...
TLDR Installed the torque tube for both control sticks Detail I spent 2 nights to install the torque tube for both control sticks. Previously I have already fitted the tubes on the fuselage...
TLDR Noticed an issue with engine mount Prepped the rudder rod leather boot Detail Engine mount Today I was checking the bolts installed on the engine mount, and found that the washer on ...
TLDR Moved the airplane to stand on the ground Detail Lowering the wheel to a ramp Today my friend Daniel came over. I asked if he could help me move the airplane off the table, and so we g...
TLDR Installed all three wheels Detail Nose wheel I installed this last, but let me document it first since it was super easy process. So the nose wheel was already installed in the engine...