Forward Fuse

I went ahead and finished up some of the front fuselage items. I put the rudder pedals, and finished up the fuel line to the firewall. Then I riveted the upper structure you see here. The upper skin will be one of the last things that go on, since with it off, access to the subpanel and firewall aft side is much, much easier. And there's still all the electrical and other instrument panel-related stuff to finish. I also removed the aft top fuse skin (was just clecoed) and put in the static line, and fabbed and installed a bracket for the strobe supply. I bought some items including the strobe & position lights, and the Steinair aluminum vents. I didn't think I would be doing that, but when I took the Van's supplied vents out of the bag and looked at them, I just could not see those things in my panel.

I've spent alot of time lately searching for tools. It's frustrating to log an hour on the plane and know that I spent 20 min. of that look for tools. Mostly it's my own fault, in that the work area is unkempt, but I've also run out of places to put things.... So, I'm doing my best to help China's economy...


BTW, almost all the airplane parts and tools I buy are made in the USA...