Brief Description: Completed heating and cooling section
I cut three SCAT tubes out of single tube supplied in the powerplant kit -- the last item in the box -- and cut one to 17" and two to 13", adjusting each end to remove wire and tuck it down into the tube to make it easier to get on the heat muff. Everything fit pretty well and I tightened the clamps with the exception of the hose to the air vent on the cowling (boy, getting that cowling off is sure going to be fun!).
After that was done, I was pretty well finished with everything in the instructions that I currently have -- with the exception of certain things I cannot do until the avionics arrive.
So I started working on stuff I wanted to change or improve. I cut out the hole for the access to the quickdrain on the empennage. I made a mistake when working with the template; I drilled the screw holes off the template instead of using the F-01282A plate as a drill guide. So I've ordered a sheet of .032 and I'll make a new one and match drill with the existing holes.
There's a few other things I want to clean up but for the most part I'm done for the summer although I'm thinking of going ahead and mating the tail with the fuselage even though there are a couple of wires that need to be routed in the avionics kit that go back to the baggage bulkhead. Theoretically I could do the canopy this summer. We'll see.
