A while back I wanted to do the doors but you can’t really install the doors until the windshield is in place. But there are some things you can do to get ready. For example, there is this doubler strip…
Category: Fuselage
Control Cables (2h 30m)
Last we left, my control tube was stuck unable to be removed from the bearing. Allen quickly solved that problem by pulling the tube forward and identifying that the bushing inside the tube was sticking out a bit. A little…
Forward Top Skin (3 hr)
Unseasonably warm here in Southern California, summer time temps on the coast and no lack of heat out here in the desert either. That said, the hangar was cooler than I had been expecting. So today I needed to locate…
Forward Top Skin (1 hr)
I expected this to be a long day of old fashioned drilling and deburring but it turned out to be a very short day of mostly nothing. First off, I riveted the cabin frame brackets in place. These had been…
Door Sills (1h 30m)
Progress is a little glacial right now for some reason, will be lucky to make December 3015 at this rate, but every part taken off the hangar floor is one less part to go. In this installment we finish the…