November 27, 2006
Temporiarly installed the rudder pedals including the 6118 brace. Drilled holes to allow for three settings of the pedals. Used middle mounting location for now and will fit cables accordingly.
The side bearing blocks have the holes drilled slightly off 90 degrees. It is not obvious at first, and I noticed […]
November 20, 2006
I started by studying all the drawings this time! Got all the parts off the shelf and discovered I had ordered the optional right side brakes. Decided not to use them.
Finished off the brake pedals and preped for painting.
8 hours
November 21, 2006
Painted the pedals with ceramic paint. […]
November 14, 2006
Today installed the static ports. Pretty straight forward except the routing of the poly tubing from the 707 bulkhead to the panel. That will have to wait until a little more of the interior is complete.
9 hours
November 15, 2006
Started on the firewall. Measured and located holes in firewall […]
November 6, 2006
I have not worked on the RV since May. Our daughter’s wedding, working on my 46 Ercoupe (it’s flying now!) and lots of other activities have kept me from the project. But I’m back at it.
As lots of my RV friends have told me, Van’s manual is pretty much useless when […]