Made it to Mos Eisley
Wing Kit Shipped!
I got word today that the wing kit has shipped from Van’s Aircraft. Things are getting real. The kit wasn’t supposed to ship until next week sometime, but evidently they got it crated up in advance of the estimated date. I’ll call ABF for an update on ETA probably on Monday.
Elevator Trim Servo Bracket Assembly
This evening I took the primed parts for the elevator trim servo system and assembled them. All rivets were squeezed using the longeron die to get around the tall flanges on the bracket itself. Time this evening: 2.5 hrs.
The initial rivets
Push-Pull Rod brackets installed
Servo and servo linkage installed
Torque Sealed the servo mounting nuts
Elevator Trim Parts Primed
Elevator Trim System Work
The elevator trim bracket and related parts are nearly complete and almost ready for primer.
Sunrise, Sunset
Last week I was on the Mississippi gulf coast for work. Since the weather was so beautiful there I made sure to get out as much as I could. I took these pictures at sunrise and sunset, respectively, on Tuesday February 16, 2016. The temperature there was in the high 60s and low 70s in the day time.
Fireside
I built a relaxing fire in the music room this evening. Rhiannon’s keeping it going.
PC Repairs
Last week the power supply on my PC died. Not sure if this was just an end of life thing or due to heavy loading from my new video card and the various upgrades I have made over the last few years.
Anyway, I received the replacement power supply this week and got around to installing it today. While I had the PC torn apart I took the opportunity to drain and flush the liquid cooling system and replace the coolant.
After purging the air from the cooling system, I fired it up and everything worked fine. Hopefully this will be good for a few more years.
Test Fitting RH Trim Tab
I spent 1.5 hours on the RH trim tab the other day and test fitted it on the elevator. Now I have to re-do the LH trim tab spar and then I can prime and final assemble both.
Total time so far 23.5 hours.