I've come down with a dreaded loogy, so not much happening today unfortunately. After spending the morning in bed, this afternoon I dragged myself out to the workshop and got a couple little jobs done.
I finished bolting in the second landing gear weldment. The nuts are a bugger to get to on these large brackets, and I could get the torque wrench onto only a few. The rest I just had to guesstimate the amount of torque I was applying. I'll be checking these bolts as part of my annual inspections.
Another little job I got done today was finishing off the wiring from the outside air temperature (OAT) probe to the ADAHRS unit. I drilled a few holes so I could cable tie the wires neatly up under the ADAHRS bracket.
Lastly, I made a start on the autopilot pitch servo. This mounts in the bottom of the fuselage and bolts up to the elevator bellcrank. I needed to drill out a few of the rivets in the bottom longitudinal floor rib so the servo bracket can mount up flush to it. I then match drilled the servo bracket to the floor rib, before then alodining and painting it.
That'll do for today. Might go back to bed.
Both main landing gear weldments now bolted in place
