Cut the co-pilot-side panel

Same drill as the pilot side… Lay everything out, drill pilot holes, final drill with step drill, cut with Dremel, deburr, machine countersink, paint, rivet, and bam! We have a panel.

Mounted the GDU and the ELT switches to the panel and mounted the panel in the plane.

Next, I’m going to cover the panel in flat black vinyl. I’m also thinking about adding a carbon monoxide detector beneath the ELT buttons.

Today’s Time (hours):	3.0
Options and Miscellanea (hours):	25.0
Total Time (hours):	708.0

Finished fabrication, deburring, and scuffing

Fabricated the cowl attach hinges. Deburred all the edges. Scuffed all the parts.

Today’s Time (hours):	2.0
Fuselage Time (hours):	178.0
Total Time (hours):	632.5

Began work on rudder and brake systems (Section 33)

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My sister and brother-in-law were in town for some turkey. So I enlisted John to help with prepping and painting all the rudder pedal parts. I decided to flat black everything. I’m going to go with some grip tape on the face of the brake pedals. We got all the parts cut, deburred and scuffed. Then painted with Rustoleum Painter’s Touch rattle-can.

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We’ll let the paint cure tonight. Then we can assemble tomorrow and shoot another coat to cover the rivets.

Today’s Time (hours):	2.0
Fuselage Time (hours):	160.0
Total Time (hours):	614.5

Work continues on baggage area

Fabricated the seat back hinges and match drilled to the floor skins.

Deburred, Scuffed, and primed all of the parts.

Dimpled the floor skins and riveted the nut plates in place.

Installed snap bushing and routed the rudder cables, static line, and ELT wire.

Today’s Time (hours):	5.0
Fuselage Time (hours):	149.0
Total Time (hours):	603.5

Began work on Aft Fuselage Attachment (section 30)

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This section only has a few parts and I was setting up to prime all the parts for section 29 so figured i’d get these while I was at it. Picked and inspected the parts. Cut apart the ones that needed to be separated on the band saw. Deburred all the edges. Scuffed and primed everything.

Today’s Time (hours):	1.0
Fuselage Time (hours):	84.0
Total Time (hours):	538.5

Deburred and Scuffed all the parts

Deburred all the edges with the scotch brite wheel, the deburring tool and a little sand paper. Then scuffed everything with a maroon scotch brite pad.

Today’s Time (hours):	3.0
Fuselage Time (hours):	83.0
Total Time (hours):	537.5

Deburred, Scuffed, and Primed Forward fuse.

Did the deburring and scuffing last night. Neglected to take any pictures. Shot the primer this evening. My firewall parts order showed up so included those as well.