Friday afternoon I went to the hangar and put some gas back into the passenger wing so I could check for leaks on Saturday. I was pleased to open the hangar Saturday morning and not see any spills on the…
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More Odds and Ends
It is a four day weekend for me but that isn’t as useful as it sounds as the high temps are in the low 110s (low 40s for my metric cousins) and the hangar is close to 100 by 11am……
Return to the Flaperons, and Tow Bar Install
When we last left the flaperons I thought they were ok but I wasn’t really confident so during the week I found some more dimension specs and set about re-measuring the various deflections. Something that immediately became obvious was that…
Seat Pans, Cotter Pins, and Wiring
After some research on the Zenith forums I discovered that the recommended solution for the ill-fitting seat pans is to remove the flanges and trim the side until they fit, and then add l-angles in place of the flanges to…
More Wiring
The days are kinda getting cooler and so I grabbed another couple of hours over the weekend to keep on working with the wires. During the week my 12ft coaxial cable had come so I hooked it up to the…