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Fuselage kit arrival and offloading.
Fuselage kit arrival and offloading. This part always makes me nervous. I couldn’t even watch the manhandling on the lift gate.
Fuselage kit safe and sound in the airplane factory/garage.
So neatly packed…
Inventory sheets and fresh plans/instruction manual pages right on top!
Right wing outboard bottom skin riveting continues. Nearly done now.
Right wing outboard bottom skin riveting continues. Nearly done now.
Inventory commences…
Clearance check of right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod with aileron trim servo assembly installed.
Clearance check of right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod with aileron trim servo assembly installed.
Right wing inboard inspection plate (with aileron trim servo assembly mounted) installed.
Overall view of right wing inboard inspection plate (with aileron trim servo assembly mounted) installed.
Right wing outboard bottom J-stiffener in place.
Right wing outboard bottom skin ready for riveting.
Right wing outboard bottom skin riveting in progress.
Aileron trim servo assembly.
Aileron trim spring brackets and springs installed on the pushrod.
Miserable, m-fk’ing micro-Molex connector installed.
Right wing inboard bottom skin clecoed for riveting.
Right wing inboard bottom skin riveted. What a bear!!
Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod components primed.
Right wing aileron pushrods complete.
Right wing aileron bellcrank installed.
Right wing aileron torque tube fabricated and installed.
Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod adjusted and installed to aileron bellcrank.
Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod adjusted and installed to aileron torque tube.
Right wing aileron torque tube and pushrod connection closeup.
Right wing inboard bottom skin clecoed to wing. Root rib nutplate holes and access plate screw holes drilled.
Aileron trim servo components underway.
