Final assembly continued…

Pitot and AOA lines installed. Ready for flight.

Pitot and AOA lines installed. Ready for flight.

Left-side stick to torque tube pushrod connection finger tight for testing.

All right-side wing root connections torqued and sealed. Ready for flight.

All left-side wing root connections torqued and sealed. Ready for flight.

Right-side lower wing root fairing clecoed in place.

Right-side lower wing root fairing clecoed in place.

Left-side lower wing root fairing clecoed in place.

Left-side lower wing root fairing clecoed in place.

Right-side fuel tank vent in place

Left-side fuel tank vent in place.

Right-side engraved fuel tank cap installed and adjusted. Ready for flight.

Left-side engraved fuel tank cap installed and adjusted. Ready for flight.

Seat ramps, seat ramp cover, and aft tunnel cover clecoed back in place.

Baggage bulkhead corrugation removed for inspection. Various elevator bellcrank connections torque-sealed.

The neat pile of interior components that Jean is maintaining in the back of the hangar. Thanks, hon!!

Now that the ailerons are connected, the sticks no longer flop to one side or the other. They look ready to go!!

Left-side upper wing root fairing clecoed in place.

Right-side upper wing root fairing clecoed in place.

Overall view at the end of today’s session. It’s definitely looking purposeful and RV-like. Can’t wait to go flying in another few weeks.

Firewall forward, panel progress

With the completion of the throttle linkage today, all control cables are now properly connected and ready for flight.

Throttle cable linkage is now complete and ready for flight. Shown here in the full-throttle position.

Throttle cable linkage is now complete and ready for flight. Shown here in the closed-throttle position.

My favorite helper working on the panel’s main bus block. We got it mounted today, then fabricated its connection to the shunt, and installed/secured that wire. — with Jean Balch.

Shunt wiring is complete, including the two little signal wires.

Panel progress continued…

Throttle cable installed.

Alternate air cable installed. Canopy jettison handle cleaned up, smoothly functioning, and permanently installed.

OAT probe routed down from G3X and out the left wing root wiring hole. Lots of zip ties along the way. I was initially concerned that it wouldn’t be sufficiently long, but I feel better about it now. It only has to make it to the first inspection panel in the wing.

GEA24 sensor wires run forward through the firewall and awaiting their respective connections over the next few days.

Empennage, vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, elevator progress

ELT remote ready to install in the panel.

ELT audio alert secured to the vertical stabilizer nose rib.

Right elevator adjustment in progress.

Elevators horns have been drilled and I’d begun taking everything apart when I remembered to shoot a photo. So…pay no attention to the split surfaces.

Horizontal stabilizer is now mounted and torqued to the fuselage. Progress!

Horizontal stabilizer is now mounted and torqued to the fuselage. Progress!

Horizontal stabilizer is now mounted and torqued to the fuselage. Progress!