Smoke Fluid Tank
Began plumbing the smoke fluid tank by creating a component mount out of scrap aluminum angle and bolting it to the smoke tank handle that way no tank penetrations needed to be made. Mounted the fluid pump, solenoid valve, and…
Aircraft Weight and Balane
Completed weighing process for initial weight and balance of aircraft. Started by leveling aircraft with tail wheel stand and aligning aircraft to floor squares. Ran tape measure along centerline of the aircraft and dropped plumb bob from spinner to set…
Aircraft Weighing Prep
Made preparations for weighing aircraft by draining fuel from fuel tank. Cut small ramps out of 1″ x 8″ wood on a 45 degree angle; thickness should allow for aircraft main tires to roll right onto scales without tipping them…
Final Cowling Installation
Reinstalled newly painted lower cowling then reinstalled exhaust pipes. Used exhaust spring hooks through the lower exhaust tunnels to reattach exhaust springs which worked pretty good. Remade preheat and battery charger plug mount out of scrap aluminum to better align…
AeroInjector Tuning – Part 2
Ran engine after installing #2.5 AeroInjector needle and re-tapping threads in needle carrier. Got much better results with EGT spread between full rich EGT and peak stumbling coming in around 120 degrees. Engine parameters seemed much more consistent and stabilized…
Wing Wrap-up – Part 2
Cleaned wing root surfaces and wing walk doubler. Cut wing walk skateboard grip to size then applied pieces to wing walk area. Applied wing gap seal tape to both wing/fuselage joints. Wing section now complete! Hours Worked: 0.37
Exterior Wrap-up
Applied N-number decals to both sides of fuselage by taping decal sets to sides and “hinging” decals on top with blue painters tape. Right side worked better to prevent bubbles by cutting numbers and letters apart after taping the entire…
Vinyl Stripe Prep
Used 1/2″ fine line tape to create layout for vinyl striping. Applied tape to wings, ailerons, tail surfaces, and fuselage sides. Temporarily applied green masking tape to fuselage sides to help guide N-number placement. Hours Worked: 0.79
Fuselage Floors – Part 3
Finished riveting aft fuselage floor. Riveted forward fuselage floor working one line of rivets at a time to make sure proper sizes were used. Installed plug in aft fuselage floor to protect tail spring bolt. Riveted data plate on LH…
Fuselage Floors – Part 2
Began final installing fuselage floors by installing AN525 hardware in the forward lower engine mounts, the aft splice plates, and the tailwheel mount bulkhead. Final installed antennas, autopilot servos, seat pans, fuselage side panels, and seats. Began riveting aft fuselage.…
Oil Door Installation
Remade lower cowl hinge pin from piano hinge pin stock. Drilled mounting holes and installed Camlock receptacle in upper cowl. Installed Camlock stud into oil door and tested oil door latching; ops check good. Hours Worked: 0.67
AeroInjector Reinstallation
Reassembled AeroInjector with new throttle cable and 2.5 needle. Reinstalled AeroInjector onto engine and attached controls. Reinstalled safety wire and attached new air filter element. Used safety wire to temporarily hold up oil cooler baffle for engine runs. Final installed…
