1 hr. continuing on the inventory of the brake and throttle quad assemblies.

Pretty much the same picture as the other day, but more parts.  I seem to be missing the Brake Master Cylinder :-(.

1 hr. yesterday.

Gathering parts for the brake and throttle assemblies.

Hmm, this RG-400 coax for the VOR antenna on the tail is not really long enough.  I'll use this for COM2 and order a longer length for the VOR.

Made an all-new panel mock-up.  Looks good!

I've been stuck on jury duty the last couple of days and have one more to go...  So, not much energy for plane work unfortunately.

Meanwhile my final sub-kits are on their way from CA!  Very exciting to be getting all the final sub-kits, including undercarriage, panel, canopy (I got it quick built in South Africa, which will save me a good amount of time), finishing and upholstery.

Also, starting a new job next week as a hardware design engineer at Intel, so that's also exciting.

1 hr. yesterday doing some test fitting.

Seems to fit.  Well, except related to the small piece which fits under the seat rail on the left side of this photo.  The holes don't line up well, so I need to figure that out.  Either the piece fits in front of the upright portion or behind it.  Either way various different holes don't line up.

The cover over the linkage fits well.

1.5 hrs. on the rudder spring rivnuts and soundproofing.

I was told (thanks BobZ!) that the M5 rivnuts can be very hard to pull, so he advised doing a test pull.  Here's the test pull which wasn't too bad.

Hold drilled out to size and rivnut ready to go with Loctite 277 applied.

The first one I was able to pull by hand, but the second one was just beyond my ability to pull it by hand.  So, I used a large C-clamp to do the work for me.  Went easily.

Checking underneath for the proper amount of pull, and it looks good.

Both done!

Applied the soundproofing to the bottom of the luggage floor.  Nice!
I'll probably apply more soundproofing to the cross brace part, but I'll wait on that until it's ready to be installed.

0 hrs. walking around the garage and deciding I wasn't in the mood to work on it tonight...  Tomorrow!

Well, I did look at this.  According to other blogs M5 rivnuts need to be installed in the two holes here, which will hold the rudder tensioning springs (See Peter's blog here).  The holes are much too small, so I want to confirm this is correct.  The manuals I have make no mention of this assembly.

2 hrs. on rear bulkhead and luggage area.

Checking whether I can get to the holes to rivet the luggage floor to the rib upright.  I can.

The manual doesn't consistently show the channel being used, so not sure if that stays.  Also the cutout shown is greatly enlarged in the latest manual.

Top side of the riveted luggage floor.

Bottom side of the floor.  Note that the manual does not show the two angle pieces (RF-ANG-019) shown with the arrows.

Marked off on the bulkhead where I wanted the soundproofing to go.

Marked up and ready for the soundproofing.

I incrementally cut the piece down until it fit within the lines.  Not perfect, but good enough.  It's stuck down already in this photo.

Riveted in place!

Backside view.  Looks good!