AN960-10
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Canopy Installation – Part 3
Reattached canopy to fuselage with hinge pin and verified fitment along front and rear edges along with latch operation. Installed canopy retaining strap and tested operation. Located hole for canopy latch pin and drilled into upper longeron. Will remove plastic from inside and outside of canopy once aircraft is complete. Canopy task now complete! Hours…
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Canopy Trimming – Part 3
Continued to trim and fit canopy. Matched drilled final holes in LH side of forward and aft canopy bows and realized that canopy was pulling up the frame in the front by about 1/4″. Unbolted front left corner of canopy frame and added 1/8″ spacer to lengthen the front bow area. Also added rubber washers…
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Windshield Installation – Part 6
Finished installing windshield onto fuselage by installing screws from front to back, skipping last bottom screw on each side. Aligned windshield bow with top center screw and installed sandwiching strap in between. Needed to run tap through each screw hole to clean paint out of threads; should have done before installing bow, however. Worked from…
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Windshield Installation – Part 5
Using two people, reinstalled bolts in upper longerons, windshield skirt, and upper motor mounts. Applied torque check to bolts to monitor torque. Slid windshield into place and began installing bolts starting from forward center and working backwards. Used a piece of tape on wrench to prevent nut from falling out. Hours Worked: 1.95
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Rudder Control System – Part 2
Heated up C01-03 rudder spring stock with propane torch and bent springs to specs in plans. Previously tried to bend springs without heat and spring steel broke rather than bent. After installing springs into fuselage, discovered that plan dimensions were a little long and resulted in rudder pedals not returning to neutral. Shortened springs by…
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Rudder Control System – Part 1
Installed rudder pedals and mount blocks into fuselage. Applied white lithium grease to rudder pedals before tightening rudder pedal mount blocks. Fed rudder cables through aft fuselage and temporarily installed AN23 clevis pins into rudder horn. Installed cable fairleads into fairlead blocks. Bolted cable adjusters onto rudder pedals and marked LH cable adjuster hole per…
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Control Stick Assembly – Part 3
Disassembled dual stick assembly and deburred stick holes. Lubricated control stick horns with lithium grease and deburred taper pin holes. Reassembled left and right control sticks and attached link rod with hardware. C04 complete! Hours Worked: 0.70
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Wing Pushrod Installation – Part 1
Removed aileron bellcrank access covers from wings and inserted C03-01 main aileron pushrods into wings. Attached to aileron bellcrank with AN3 hardware and castle nut. Installed C03-03 flap pushrods onto flaps with AN4 hardware. Hours Worked: 0.98
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Tail Installation – Part 3
Mocked up ELT location on rear shear web and marked vertical stabilizer on where skin needs to be trimmed. Removed vertical stabilizer and marked out mounting hole location on shear web. Trimmed vertical stabilizer skin and riveted ELT mount and clamps to fuselage. Painted elevator horn with spray paint. Reattached vertical stabilizer with AN3 and…
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Rear Spar Carry Through Assembly
Created F03-02, F03-05L/R, F03-08 and -04/-07 spacers from legacy plans using angle and channel stock on hand. Clecoed together -01 rear spar carry through assembly together then updrilled all holes. Disassembled part and prepped parts for final assembly. Assembled all parts with rivets and AN3 hardware. F03 complete! Hours Worked: 6.65
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Fuel Tank Installation
Rinsed tank out with water to clear out debris from inside. Re-fit tank to fuselage and trimmed fuel bay area slightly more to accommodate vent fitting. Clecoed tank stop into place and confirmed tank was sitting full forward. Installed fuel tank straps and lightly tightened straps until they were touching the tank fully. Used AN3-7A…
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Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 3
Used rivet stems and clamps to hold center seatbelt channels into place while locating and pilot drilling seat ribs and channels to forward floor. Clecoed -14L/R angles into place. Located idler assembly and pilot drilled to lower cross member and seat belt attach assembly. Updrilled all holes in fuselage floor then removed floor for better…