Saturday, September 14, 2019

Some to-do items checked off

From lessons on the first fully-covered assembly, here is my to-do list:

  • DONE flip aft cabane bolts to avoid hitting the aft pins.
  • DONE aileron pushrods are hitting bad. Need to free up.
  • DONE permanantly mount the aileron pushrods?
  • DONE install missing cotter pins:
    • DONE left aileron x3
    • DONE left flap x2
    • DONE right flap x2
    • DONE right aileron x3
    • DONE rudder pedals x4
    • DONE control stick x1
    • DONE forward sweep cable attachment to nose x1
    • DONE left cabane x2
    • DONE right cabane x2
  • DONE velcro straps to keep the control surfaces up on the wing before assembly. 
  • DONE add bungee to hold the struts against the cabane?
  • DONE replace the forward nose tube (it is twisted)
  • DONE weigh (Mar 2021)
  • DONE adjust aileron line tension and re-center by moving the knots (Mar 2021)
  • DONE gap seals... ailerons, flaps, rudder, and elevator. (Sept 2021)
  • Trim color paint.
  • Wing root kiss seal.
  • Wing tip dolly.
  • Wing wheel.
  • Strut fairings.
  • Jury strut fairings.
Here's what I did with the aileron pushrods ... crimped over the thin aluminum support plate embedded in the covering, and also switched to a bolted pin (per the drawings) that is lower profile.  Turns out the other end of the pushrod can be clipped to the aft strut bungee during transport.

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