Current Progress Part 6

Here you can see the brakes and rudder pedals.  The instrument panel has a taped on printout from a CAD program on it.

I had a very hard time with getting the fuse top skin to fit to the forward tube (its a flat skin but it needs a compound curve to fit!).  I ended up putting some spacers (made from the bearing nylon) on the lower 3 holes, plus a great deal of pounding of the skin with a hammer to try and get a decent looking curve.

I have been safety wiring all the cable guides to make sure the cable doesn't pop out during one of my landings.

I ordered an extra pair of ribs for the elevator and used them to close off the sides of the cutout for the rudder.  I think I will order an extra rudder leading-edge rib and close off that opening also.  It looks much more professional, and should also help reduce drag.

I ended up mounting my ELT (an Ameri-King) hanging from the bottom of the baggage compartment.  I rivetted a 0.025 doubler plate, with a 90 deg bend on one end, to the baggage floor for extra stiffness.  Actually, I'm still not convinced it meets the 'deflection test' requirements.  There just isn't any rigid structure to attach it to.

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