Cut the pilot-side instrument panel

I used the fly cutter in the drill press to cut the round hole for the G5, I drilled small pilot holes for all the switches and the corners of the GDU 460 cutout. I final drilled all the holes with a step drill. Then cut the hole for the GDU with a Dremel and a cut-off wheel. Actually went through several cut-off wheels. That’s some thick aluminum. Used a file to clean everything up and tweak to fit. Then I painted the back to match the interior. I screwed the G5 mount in place. I drilled the screw holes for the GDU mounting bracket. Then screwed it to the firewall and match drilled the rivet holes, counter sunk the holes and riveted the bracket to the panel.

Mounted all the avionics and switches in the panel and mounted the panel in the plane.

Today’s Time (hours):	4.0
Options and Miscellanea Time (hours):	22.0
Total Time (hours):	705.0

Completed Firewall (Section 27)

Finished riveting the firewall together.

Reamed the engine mount attach hole to .375.

Riveted relay doubler and all the nut plates to the firewall.

Today’s Time (hours):	1.5
Fuselage Time (hours):	63.0
Total Time (hours):	517.5

Completed forward mid fuselage bulkheads (Section 25)

Received the new bulkhead bars from Van’s. Cut and deburred them. Scuffed them, Machine countersunk and riveted them. Reamed all the holes and bolted them to the aft bulkhead.

Today’s Time (hours):	2.0
Fuselage Time (hours):	22.0
Total Time (hours):	476.5

Machine countersunk the trailing edges and flap hinges

Sophie scuffed everything for me.

Today’s Time (hours):	0.5
Wing Time (hours):	153.0
Total Time (hours):	364.0

Horizontal Stabilizer Front Spar

Got the font spar to the point where it’s ready to be scuffed and primed. This was way more work than it looked like in the plans. It all started with the spar caps. They had to be trimmed and deburred. Then they’re match drilled to the spar web. Then disassembled, deburred, reassembled. Then they are match drilled to the spar flanges, disassembled and deburred. There were approximately a million and one holes drilled and deburred in these things.