This afternoon, we got the engine mount match drilled to the weldment brackets behind the firewall. This is a two person job, so I employed
Category: Finish Kit
Two mounts mounted
With the help of my lovely assistant, I was able to get the oil cooler mount riveted to the firewall, and the engine mount bolted
Main landing gear installation
Big day today! After priming the cabin top and airing out the garage, I began work on installing the landing gear. To begin, I had
Nose Gear
I’m finishing off the landing gear today with the nose gear. This assembly was a lot more straight forward. Also, the only aftermarket part I
Props here!
The propeller showed up today! It’s an 80″ Hartzell blended airfoil two bladed prop. It’s surprising how heavy it is. I pulled it out of
Starting the landing gear fairings
Since I’m in the fiberglass mindset, I’m choosing to start working on the landing gear fairings. The first step is to make sure the wheel
More pants
After splitting the pant halves that were epoxied up last night, I built a jig to help me align the wheel pants to the plane.
Drilling pants
After the literal blood sweat and tears (and curse words) in the initial setup of the jig, and with 9 operational fingers, I continued on
And again on the other side
The epoxy pads I had injected into the wheel pants last night were cured, so I popped off the front half of the pants and
More pants stuff
I started tonight by installing nutplates on the wheel pant brackets. After that, I started working on smoothing the joint between the left pant halves.