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…
More Finishing Items and the Windscreen
Today Allen was back to help with what I hoped would be the final installation of the windscreen. But first we did a bunch of little things The fuel overflow line is now routed down the mount and out the…
Some Finishing Items
I took today off to get some traction on my to do list, but first I had to use the heat gun on the pilot side fuselage wrapping to smooth it out over the rivets. I used to think deburring…