Category: Fuselage

More Door Stuff

Started off the day with wrapping the passenger door in the same scheme as the pilot side door. Halfway through attention was turned to the locking pin on the pilot side. Allen’s idea for a fix was to cut some…

Cowling Enhancements and Door Trimming

I took Friday off as I wanted to be home Thursday evening for my wife’s birthday dinner. This means four straight days to put this puppy to bed. We shall see…. When we left off last weekend, the doors needed…

Wrapping and Door Cleanup

Today I worked a little on the underside of the plane. First I wrapped the access cover and then the large section of the fuselage where it sits. Hmm as I type this I wonder if I should have done…

Door Installation, and weight and balance

Today was all about installing the doors and doing the first weight and balance. First thing with the doors was to install the arm that holds it up when open. First up was to attach the arm to the existing…

Access Panel Cover

Today was a milestone day – the very last kit piece came out of the wrapper. Inside the brown paper bag was the access panel cover that goes under the plane. I realised this should probably have been drilled out…