Today was one of those days when you just have to sigh. I got involved in the process of building, and forgot to think. The result was that I ended up fabricating a beautiful F-849 Forward Control Column Hanger, only to find that one was already built and installed in the fuselage -- one of the benefits of the Quickbuild kit. It was hidden in front of the spar, and I just didn't see it. So I wasted an hour and a half building a part that I'll have to donate to needy children (or maybe a needy RV-8 builder somewhere.)
After recovering from that embarassment, I installed the WD-807 control column into the fuselage, and clamped the F-837 rear hanger into place. I decided not to drill it yet -- I need to figure out if I will drill it through the underlying floorboards, or trim the floorboards around the fixture so I can remove them easily later, just like I'm going to do with the flap mounting blocks.
Installed a Cherry Max "platenut" rivet in a hard-to-reach platenut along the edge of the floor.
Starting to fabricate the F-849.
And there it is, Ladies and Gents -- 90 minutes of completely wasted time. Argh.
Installing control column in the fuselage gives the first hint how smooth the controls will be. Cool!
