2nd
January
2010
Having nowhere to go on the tailcone until more primer arrives, I went ahead and started on the assembly/fabrication tasks in the center fuselage. The first task is to fabricate a set of four spacers from 1/8″ bar stock…done. Then, you modify four of the seat ribs to allow space for the control column…done. The next item is to install nutplates; this will wait until after priming, so I went ahead and drilled out the necessary holes for snap bushings, and clecoed the seat ribs (after fluting) to the aft piece of the center section, along with the requisite trimming of the two center ribs to make room for snap bushings. Looking good…
Hours: 2.6 | Posted in Center Fuselage |
2nd
January
2010
Dimpled the tailcone components; they are now ready for etch & prime, but I am essentially out of primer. Also drilled and dimpled the #8 screw hole that will eventually hold the sleeve for the rudder cable in place as it passes out of the tailcone.
Ordered more primer and etch solution from Stewart Systems, which will hopefully arrive later this week, along with a boxful of Scotchbrite pads and some other assorted items: 1″ deburring wheels and the like from Cleaveland Tool, just down the highway in Boone, IA.
Trying to decide whether to join in on the group buy for Andair boost pump/filter/mount assemblies, which could save 12% or so off regular price, though I won’t actually need those components until later…and the possibility of them having an Oshkosh pump/filter/valve deal again this summer as they did last summer?
Hours: 2.4 | Posted in Aft Fuselage |
