Right seat and misc. work: 4.8 hours

• fitted right seat back to cockpit
• drilled hinge to right seat, deburred, prepped and primed
• primed fuel tank bracket parts
• started on adjustable fuselage stand to be used for mounting wings

Drilling hinge to seat back:

Fuel tank bracket work: 5 hours

• riveted left and right gear attach web to fuselage bulkhead (this is a part that is related to tricycle gear airplanes but still provides additional strength for tail draggers)
• countersunk for left fuel tank bracket screws and rivets
• fitted right fuel tank attach bracket and shims - this went much smoother and faster then the left side
• countersunk right side and deburred all holes

No photos today

Fuel tank attach bracket: 5 hours

• used the rivet gun to flatten a section of fluting where the support bracket mounts
• drilled and fitted left support angle
• I did not like the edge distance on some of the rivet holes so I remade the left support angle
• made right support angle
• made several sets of shims for the left side bracket before I was happy with them
• the right side bracket work should go faster!

No photos today

Left seat audio wiring, and misc: 5.6 hours

• Assembled left seat audio wiring harness (this was the bulk of the time)
• Removed left seat
• Located and drilled hole for seat heat wiring
• Disassembled instrument panel structure
• Started on fuel tank attach support brackets

Working on audio wiring harness:

Left and right audio wiring harness complete:

Seat work and misc: 1.2 hours

• Tested the left seat heater. It does not use very much power - 3amps in high and 1 amp in low. This includes upper and lower panels.
• Prepped left seat headset audio wiring harness materials

Seat work, headset jack wiring harness, misc: 7.5 hours

• Prepped and painted left seat back hinge
• Made wiring labels for headset wiring harness
• Worked on more paint removal from interior panels
• Made headset audio harness for right seat (a lot of soldering, heat shrink tubing, crimping, testing, etc.) - this includes standard aviation mic and headphone jack and a Bose lemo jack which includes power for ANR headsets
• Riveted left seat back hinge
• Test fitted seat
• Researched seat heater wiring

Right seat audio harness complete:

Left seat looks great!

The seat is very comfortable. Tron is disappointed he doesn't have a seat but he's still ready to go.

Shorter flights are probably better for him:

Organized hardware, fitted left seat: 4 hours

• Organized hardware
• Ordered stainless steel hardware for cabin heat valve and some extra angle for instrument panel
• Fitted left seat
• Made stainless steel hinge pins for both seat backs
• Drilled and prepped left seat back hinge for riveting
• Started prep on right seat back hinge

Drilling hinge to seat back: