Brief Description: Avionics access door; smoke system
I trimmed the avionics access-door to its final size and prepped it for drilling to the bulkhead. (Before I drill it and cut out the access hole, though, I want to make sure I'm not getting ahead of myself. That bulkhead will be very floppy after I cut it, so I want to make sure this won't affect the fitting of anything else, like the top skin.)
I did cut the 1/2" wide strip of 0.040 that will go under the lower half of the door hinge.
Next, I began planning the installation of the smoke system. (Mine is a model SA-100 from SmokingAirplanes.com). I might copy what one of my buddies did, and mount the reservoir along the left side of the rear baggage compartment, with the pickup tube at the back end. The oil line will go underneath the floorboards somehow.
I'll also think about mounting it on the centerline of the airplane. Not sure yet.
The thin strip of aluminum will go underneath one half of the hinge to make up for the door thickness.
The smoke system reservoir might go here, on the left side of the aft baggage compartment.
I laid out the mounting angles on the baggage floorboard to figure out the best way to support them.
