Final Assembly |
Date: 10 June 2002 - xx 200x |
Chapter: 20.0 Final Assembly and Finishing |
Section: Fuselage |
June 10, 2002 - Chapter 20.0 -
"Preface"
No work items.
Section 20.1 Final Assembly Procedures
May 19, 2007 - Chapter 20.1.1 - "Canard / Elevators"
This section is not complete.
October, 2003 - Chapter 20.1.2 - "Aircraft
Tie-Downs"
For tie-downs, we really liked a plane at Osh Kosh's solution (I think it was Dave Scharfenberg's Velocity, but I apologize if I mis-attribute that...). This system uses a rotating tie-down that is retracted for flight. There's a bolt that arrests the tie-downs travel in both directions, and has a finger notch that protrudes below the wing surface when stowed. Very nice. We made ours out of similar 1/4" AL to the factory's (ugly) standard units.
Tie down Deployed
Tie-Down Retracted
For the nose tie-down, we elected to triax a hardpoint into the nose to which a push button latch pin is inserted for the tiedown.
Installing Hardpoint
Finished Hardpoint
May 19, 2007 - Chapter 20.1.3 - "Wings to Aircraft"
This section is not complete.
Here we're doing miscellaneous filling and sanding to get the contours correct.
Strake Door Finishing
May 25, 2007 - Chapter 20.1.4 - "Ailerons"
The ailerons have been balanced with the bottom of the ailerons level, with stick-on tire weights (acquired from Smythe automotive) which were then glassed over. Then we built trailing edge fences that are loosely based on Klaus Savier's.
A piece a 2-ply TRIAX cut into a trianble is fitted outside of the aileron
Location and Sizes of Fences
Fence Flange construction
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.5 - "Control System"
This section is not complete.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.6 - "Rudder, Pedals and Cables"
This section is not complete.
January , 2007 - Chapter 20.1.7 - "Brake Bleeding"
Final brake bleeding was accomplished by raising the nose of the aircraft and letting it sit overnight so that the air bubbles would migrate to the reservoirs.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.8 - "Landing Gear, Wheels, Brakes, and Fairings"
This section is not complete.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.9 - "Fuel System"
This section is not complete.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.10 - "Engine / Propeller"
This section is not complete.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.11 - "Pitot / Static System"
This section is not complete.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.12 - "Electrical System"
This section is not complete.
, 2002 - Chapter 20.1.13 - "Alternator"
This section is not complete.
May 19, 2007 - Chapter 20.1.13 - "Vacuum System"
We do not have a vacuum system.
May 19, 2007 Extraneous Finishing
Before first flight, everything that's bare glass should get a good coat of UV-resistant primer, so here we're priming our cooling plenum, sparrow strainer, bolt hole covers, nose gear fork fairing, and other small odds and ends.
Priming Parts
Priming Pitot Mount
Priming the Nose NACA Scoop
Primed Plenum
Elevator Torque Tube Primed
The vortilons are in this section in the new manuals, so here they are. They come as premolded pieces that you cut out, 3 per side, and prime and install with silicone caulking.
Vortilons installed on wings
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