35-02 to 07 Upper Fwd Fuse Assembly
Fwd Fuse Ribs Riveting starts with the Fuselage Fwd Ribs … it’s always fun trying to work out the best way to support the workpieces so they are rock solid during the riveting. The usual…
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Section 35 – Upper Fwd Fuselage – Preparing Parts
Well here we are, back to more deburring! I decided to prepare most the parts before any riveting, so as usual this involved reading ahead and making sure all the dimpling and machine countersinking got…
34-03 to 05 Flap Torque Arm & OP 54 Flap Position Kit
Priming Before the torque tubes are installed, Vans suggest you prime the inside of the tubes. So to clean and scuff the tube interiors I pushed a roll of Scotchbrite through several times, and then…
34-02 Flap Torque Arm
I used a 1/4″ reamer to open up the attachment points on the Flap Crank and Torque Arms. Having checked my bench was still flat, I clamped the Torque Arms & Crank with the jig…
33-11 & 12 Rudder Cables
The rudder cables are threaded underneath the baggage floor through the previously installed snap bushings. All made much easier by being able to turn the fuselage on its side! This is a nice little job…
33-04 to 10 Rudder Pedals & Beringer Brakes
The picture above shows the brake system installed … it took a bit of head scratching to get there! These are all the parts supplied by Beringer, which are all very nice quality. The Beringer…
32-08 Cockpit Paint
I’ve been spraying the cockpit components that will be visible during the build, rather than spraying it all after construction. This needed some care as the components were riveted etc to avoid marks, but it’s…
33-05, 06 and a bit of 10. Rudder Bearing Blocks, Reservoir & Flanged Couplings
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…
33-03 to 04 Brake Pedals
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…
32-05 to 08 Section in the bag!
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…