Pilot’s cabin heat control cable installed. More fun working under the panel – this time, facedown!
My striping idea didn’t work out as well in practice as I’d hoped, so I cleaned off the canopy jettison handle and shot the business end solid red.
As it happens, most of this will have to be stripped off (everything that sits forward of the panel in flight), since the paint is sufficiently thick as to get hung up in the snap bushing. I probably should’ve just left it white. A word to the wise…
Passenger’s cabin heat control cable installed. The prop control cable has also found its home and is fully connected to the governor and appears to be functional. I’ll have to confirm, of course, that I’m getting the expected maximum RPM during the first flight.
Also visible is the installed canopy jettison handle, here in its full aft, dump the canopy, mode. It’s easy to see the streaks made in the red paint by passing through the snap bushing. I’m going to strip most of the paint off and only leave the handle and perhaps half an inch of the shaft red.
The business end of the prop cable attached to the governor. All jam nuts have been tightened and the cotter pin installed. Ready for flight!
