Seats in, more electrical
Hours: 4.5 | Posted in Cabin & Interior, ElectricalMore futzing with the firewall, getting bits and pieces in place while waiting for engine mounts to arrive. The “forest of tabs” ground block from B&C arrived yesterday, so that was drilled to the firewall today. I added an extra bolt at the end of the aft piece, to guard against any vibrations…installed a nutplate for it on the aft side, so the bolt on the fwd side could be used for an adel clamp or whatever if needed in the future.
Re-fit the fuse holders to the firewall and made up the copper bars that connect the two fuses, plus the bar that feeds the switched side of the battery contactor to the fuses, and the lug that will connect the battery cable to the contactor. Once the copper bars were fit and drilled, I used some heatshrink tube to cover all but the ends, and notched the covers of the fuse holders to fit over the bars.
That done, I decided to fit the backrests and drill the seat hinges. The install guide makes this seem a bigger deal than it actually was, and they went in pretty quick and easy. I used the hinges I had made up during the fuselage build. I may have to re-do the right side later with a new piece of hinge (Classic Aero includes hinge pieces, so I have spares), depending on how tight the canopy frame is to the seatback.
Also mixed up some proseal and glued the stainless screens to the fuel vent fittings.
