Completed Common Fuselage Harness (Section 55)

Installed the pilot and copilot headset jacks. Installed the music jack and the power jack. I ran the pilot’s control stick wires.

 

That’s a whole bunch of wires. Terminating all of them should be fun!

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Today’s Time (hours): 2.0
Options and Miscellanea Time (hours): 48.0
Total Time (hours): 737.0

 

 

Completed Aileron and Elevator Systems (Section 36)

Checked the fore and aft travel of the control system with a digital level using the top of the cover rib as a reference. Filed the control column bracket stops until I achieved the specified range of travel in each direction and the control column hit the stops on both side simultaneously.

 

Installed the control sticks and measured the distance between them. Thy were spot on so I guess I measured the control stick tie rod correctly. No adjustment necessary.

 

I double checked that I torqued all the hardware properly and marked everything with torque seal. I decided to wait on installing that aft elevator push tube until I reinstall the tail feathers at the airport.

 

Today’s Time (hours): 1.0
Fuselage Time (hours): 215.0
Total Time (hours): 670.5