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Author Archives: pclifton
Instrument panel do-over: layout
Next up is working out the locations of the top three units; I want them as high as they can go without interfering with the wings, and their position essentially drives everything below. So I start out by marking … Continue reading
Service letter done, more planning
Another fairly unexciting day, following an unproductive weekend. I shot the rivets for the tailbone stiffeners for the service letter fix, then decided to look at doing some actual mounting of stuff to the fuse block shelf. So I pulled … Continue reading
Posted in Electrical, Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Various stuff
Note that they’re still oversize; I’ll need to remove them and trim to final size before I fit them to the panel for real.Also worth noting here is that the real fun is positioning these angled properly relative to the … Continue reading
Panel cutting, part I
Eventually, I had all the rough cuts done. I intentionally cut a bit away from the final cut lines, wanting to carefully sneak up on final dimensions instead of risking overdoing anything. Another fun part of this was dealing with … Continue reading
Shop org, battery mount
A bit later, after cutting out the area between the ears, finishing all the edges, and laying out and drilling the mount holes: Then it was time to break out the dead blow hammer and commence physical violence, using the … Continue reading
Underseat wiring prep
I wasn’t quite sure I wanted to use those, so I tinkered around quite a bit here. I thought semi-seriously about working out something involving machine screws and spacers, but that would have required yet another hardware order, and so … Continue reading
Posted in Electrical, Fuselage
Hours Logged: 4.5
Chin-scratching, fixing the aileron trim
(side note: this photo also shows how much space those terminal strips take up down there) As a reminder, this trim system works via spring bias. A spring attaches to each of the eyelets on the trim tube, and each … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Console wiring, wing wiring penetrations
Next up, time to break out the lacing and get everything bundled. Now it unequivocally looks organized and not rat’s-nest-ey at all: And from the opposite angle (looking from “below” rather than from the side): Later, when this is ready … Continue reading
Posted in Electrical, Fuselage
Hours Logged: 4.5