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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Flight control work and removing access panels: 5.3 hours

I spent a considerable amount of time getting the main control bar installed. This bar is mounted on two bearings and needs to have no resistance when moving. This took a lot of trying different combinations of washers (very tricky - washer wrench is mandatory) and tightening up the assembly until it fit just right.

When Vans ships the fuselage they use temporary pop rivets to hold in many of the panels in the fuselage. I went around and removed all temporary pop rivets and removed all the floor and side panels to open up access to the whole fuselage. I also put in a few more snap bushings.

 

Control linkage bar mounted:

 

Full access: