Fuselage Page 10
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Some more shots of the interior paint... I did a couple scratch tests during the installation of the rear seat rudder pedals. It doesn't like metal to metal contact, but I bet regular daily abuse wont bother it too much... |
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Rear seat rudder pedal installation. Pretty straight forward, just a lot of things in the seat ramp, center section, etc., that have to go together... |
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The installation is pretty clean, I really like it... |
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I decided to make my rear pedals removable. At right you can see I used Loctite's Extra Strength Sleeve Retainer to mount the threaded shafts into the pushrods... Since there will never be any pull moments on this part, it should be no problem... |
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On the fuel selector valve, the plans show the mount bracket being attached to the fuse longeron with countersunk screws and nuts. I made mine to connect using countersunk screws and nutplates... |
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I had re-do my installation after I saw the plans revision to use the different ports on the selector: See it here |
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| Control system installation is progressing. I have the control sticks installed, and the control tubes from the front stick back to the elevator belcrank made and installed... | ||
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| Pitot static ports installed, and tubing RTV'd to the ports... | ||
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I assembled the instrument panel sub-panels and clecoed into the fuse so I could mount my panel to see how it looks... |
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