We’re working a bunch interior details this weekend, including door pin covers, window upholstery covers, and baggage tie-downs. Also, Jerry and Bob worked on the heating system, covering up the nose NACA scoop and finalizing the heater blower installation. Now we just need to fix up the selector and connect to the overboard/to-cabin duct. As lame as it […]
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We’ve started installing these baggage tie downs, and I’m putting three across the front of the shelf and three on the shelf, as well as two up high in the back (and there pairs at the back of the strake openings). These will give us several options for tying down luggage. Baggage shelf cargo […]
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Here we’re finally getting to potting the door pins into attractive shapes under the pin covers with flox. Not only do these look much nicer, the flush finish keeps them from goring your butt when you’re getting in and out of the airplane. Jerry did a really nice job of fitting the pins to the […]
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Here I’m working on the windshield frames. Unlike the main windows, my stock parts seem to fit OK, so I’m just trimming them to fit, with a slight lip under the removable overhead switch panel, and two screws at the bottom like the mains. The copilot side needed just a bit extra glass to give […]
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We ran 2 additional electrical circuits through the hangar so we don’t pop breakers as often, and when we do we can reset them instead of go looking for a lineman, and installed a couple of 30′ retractable extension cord reels. I think these things are the bomb. We have them in our shops, but […]
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This week was brutal at the office, so no plane stuff really got done. We did get to the hangar today, though, and finished up (I think) the hangar improvements. We ran 2 additional electrical circuits through the hangar so we don’t pop breakers as often, and when we do we can reset them instead of go […]
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