Two runs of 1/2″ 3003 Aluminum tubing are run from the firewall up to the nose of the aircraft, and then covered in heat shrink tubing to add some insulation value to the line. At the aft end, the lines are installed with nuts and unions to a pre-made (by the factory) plate, and safety-wired. […]
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Communication Antenna The Comm antennas are installed by the factory in the Fast Build Wings. Navigation Antenna The Nav antennas are installed by the factory in the Fast Build Wings. Glideslope Antenna We order material from RST Engineering to make our Glideslope antenna. Here’s a picture of my efforts… Glideslope Antenna Marker Beacon Antenna Ditto our Marker […]
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We finally got all of the needed “upside down” work completed, and although there might have been a few more things we could have done while she was belly up, I was tired of looking at her in that state. For one, she looked like a dead bug. For another, the poor sawhorses were groaning. […]
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Finally the rudder return springs were installed. These “center” the rudders once you release rudder pressure. The springs are mounted in 1″ cylinders about 18″ above the bottom of the rudder well. A 1″ hole is drilled in the winglet side, favoring the wing side, and is mounted in microballons. Next the anchor for the […]
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First the hinge locations needed to be established. The lower hinge is 6″ above the rudder opening, and the upper is 6″ below the top of the rudder well, with the remaining 4″ hinge spaced evenly between them. With the locations established, 3/16″ notches were Dremeled for each hinge and chamfered, and the winglet sides […]
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Next the bellcranks needed to be installed. These levers attach to the rudder cable and actuate the rudders. The standard installation is to mount these outboard of the winglet where they can be seen. This isn’t very pretty so we opted for the option internal bell cranks. First a notch is made in the rudder […]
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