Center fuselage connection prep
TLDR Some prep work and clecoed rear fuselage and center fuselage floor Details Rudder tension spring Installed two M5 rivnuts at the top end of the rear fuselage right under the luggage fl...
TLDR Some prep work and clecoed rear fuselage and center fuselage floor Details Rudder tension spring Installed two M5 rivnuts at the top end of the rear fuselage right under the luggage fl...
TLDR Assembled the nose wheel Built the front gear fork Details Nose wheel The inner tube had a L shape valve that needs to go through the rim. I spent a whole evening trying to figure ou...
TLDR Installed ribs to main/rear spars Rivnuts on various channels Started on bottom front floor skin Details Ribs on spars Took a while to complete, mainly due to access. The space bet...
TLDR Prepped the top rear fuselage top skin Clecoed the left half Details Per normal practice, I deburred, scoffed and cleaned the top skin for the rear fuselage. I sent an email to MPB t...
TLDR Connected tube for the static ports Ran wire for com1 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 Luggage box Fitted the luggage box and the front plate on Rib 3 and Rib 4. Then riveted ...