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…
FUSELAGE
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…
32-04 to 06 More Baggage
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…
32-02 to 03 UHMW Bushings
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…
Section 31 – Fuel System
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…
33-02 to 03 Rudder Pedal Anodising
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…