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Main gear install, part 1
It’s another one of those nights…I came into this one expecting to spend maybe a couple hours total in the shop and finish the evening with an airplane sitting on actual gear legs. It didn’t quite go like that, but … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1.5
Finishing tail spring refinishing
More good progress this weekend. Over the course of yesterday and today, I finished redoing the tail spring and other related parts. Saturday morning was primer, Saturday afternoon was flat black, and this morning was matte clear coat. Everything turned … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 3
Tail spring refinishing
More punch-list type stuff today. This isn’t strictly necessary for the gear installation, but it’s been bothering me for a couple weeks now. A while back, after having continuing issues with the tail spring rusting, I gave it a good … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Random prep things
So nothing really worth sharing photos of today, but I got to working on some of the punch-list items prior to installing the gear. First up was actually pulling out the gear mount hardware – I knew that some of … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 2
Panel labeling done
What I basically settled on for a system (and I use that term loosely) was: Yellow: lighting Red: things that shouldn’t normally be on – in addition to the alt feed above, the start arm switch also gets one of … Continue reading
Label planning
The one thing that doesn’t work for the top location is the autopilot disconnect on the side of the stick, but a one-line label fits nicely here as well: And since I’d printed out the switch label layouts at the … Continue reading