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Various Fuselage work

Hours this entry: 5.5
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Spent time working on various fuselage parts and getting reacquainted since it has been a while.

Test fitting the baggage door panels and making sure all the parts were still there:

Filing down, fitting, and match drilling the rear seatbelt hold down.

Another view:

Match drilling the guide for the rear seat belt:

Cleaning more parts and prepping for primer.

Testing out a grommet in the throttle quadrant panel I painted.

Avionics Door 

Hours this entry: 5.5
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Finished up the avionics access door and got the front-rear throttle linkage built.

 

Rough Cut of the door:

Laying out the rivets for the hinge with the rivet spacer.

Hinge clamped in place:

Bottom hinge riveted, door match drilled to the top hing and clecoed in place:

Screws in place, but not cinched down:

Door open and you can see the nutplates.

Fuse parts interior paint

Hours this entry: 3.5
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Got a little bit of warmer weather and no rain so I started painting the interior panels of the fuse with the final color “light machine gray”.

Most of the panels had been primed for quite a while already, so I just had to sand them smooth first.

Floorboards, a couple of side console panels and one of the front baggage compartment panels finished. Hopefully can get a few more done this week before the rain comes again.

Looks a little green, but it’s actually light gray. 

Aileron Trim & Rear Throttle

Hours this entry: 3.5
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Worked on the aileron trim servo install, even though it was cold and rainy today at the hangar.

Also started work on the rear throttle quadrant now that I have the correct plate I had to order from the rear throttle kit.

Installed and checking the pushrod alignment before riveting it in.
Guide bracket ready to be match drilled.