In anticipation of the cowling work I re-attached the top skin and put the spinner on Despite reading the instructions several times I had not noticed that the cowling has to be trimmed so the first time it was on…
Category: Fuselage
Fuel Lines and Seats
After the problems with last week’s fuel fitting leaks, I took out the seat channel so that we could inspect the fittings. It was a good job that I did because one of the fittings in the tee that has…
Panel First Lights
Milestone day today – first panel switch on! To get to that point, we first installed a grounding bar on the firewall and finished connecting the RS232 data wires, PTT etc to each other. We also installed the RDAC unit…
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…