I’m fitting Beringer Brakes, and when I went to fit the Master Cylinders I discovered some bushes missing. So while I’m waiting for them to arrive, I moved on to prepare the bearing blocks. After…
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As mentioned before, I had already got the brake pedals anodised. I was in two minds about whether to paint the white powder coating, as there is no need. But for purely cosmetic reasons I…
Baggage Floor Installation Once all the underfloor structure was as clean as possible, I clecoed on the baggage floors. In the next Section 33 Brakes page 33-11 it gets you to insert SB750-10’s, which by…
Christmas has a lot going for it, but it’s a major build distraction! Anyway, now it’s over more progress … Match drilling the seat back hinges should have been a simple little job. Well it…
Christmas pressy! I press-ganged a few mates to help with the Finish Kit Box’s final journey from lorry into the workshop! It only cost some bacon butties on a cold winter’s morning : ) I…
The flap torque tube bushings are made from UHMW, whatever that is? A bit of research revealed it’s Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene, which is quote “a very tough material”. Well I can agree with that! I scratched…
I turned the fuselage onto its side using the rotisserie, making it really easy to reach the areas required to install the fuel system. Fuel Line Brackets I separated the Fuel Line Brackets with the…
I decided to get the rudder pedals anodised for durability. So seeing as work on the Rudder & Brake system is not that far in the future, I assembled the parts and final drilled as…
Another couple of sessions saw the fuselage join riveting finished. We followed the manual advice concerning riveting order closely again. The one’s up the fuselage sides and top were straightforward to set, especially with being…
We fabricated a front rotisserie pivot from some steel strips, bent into struts to provide clearance from the firewall attachments. These are secured using temporary longeron bolts. To provide rigidity for the steel struts we…