Fuselage Page 7
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Elevator belcrank parts at left. You have to make the angle pieces, and drill and rivet the bearing to the belcrank halves... Getting ready to rivet the angles into the fuse at right... |
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The rear baggage compartment drilled and nutplates installed. These pictures show it all clecoed in temporarily... |
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I finally got to put the rudder pedals together... This thing is really starting to look and feel like an airplane!! It's very exciting! | |
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I got the left throttle quad console built and installed, and the left & right lower consoles built and mostly installed. I am going to install Van's fuel gauges in the left console... |
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I bought a couple holes saws locally, a 2 1/4" and a 3 1/8". I used the 2 1/4" to cut the holes for the fuel gauges. They ended up fitting real good... |
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I found some cool aluminum screws in one of the bags and tried them out on the fuel gauges, I need to get me some more of these for the panel... |
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I started working on installing the front throttle quad, and the rear seat throttle kit. I had heard you needed the 3 lever quad in the front in order to use the rear seat throttle, but I have devised a way to work it with the 2 lever quad. |
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Here's the throttle quad and console together. I had to cut a notch in the console for the rod to pass through on it's way to the back seat... |
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Because I am using the 2 lever quad instead of the 3 lever, I had to put a joggle in the rod so it would pass through the 804C bulkheads outboard of the 804N caps. |
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Once I had the front and rear quads in place, I used a long straight edge and a market to mark where the rod should go. I used a Uni-bit to drill the holes... |
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You also have to cut a slot in the 806B armrest for the rear throttle arm to pass through. There are also some nylon strips riveted to it to provide guides for the arm... |
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