The seat rails for left and right seats are bolted and riveted into place for flight. Another DONE! Contact Us
DRILLING HARDPOINTS – June 1, 2021
Joel is shown drilling out hard points to bolt down the rear seat rails in the final location. We had temporary bolts up till now, but for flight testing needed all of the bolts in place. Contact...
FINAL SEAT INSTALL – May 28, 2021
We are doing the final install of the seats for ground testing and then flight testing. This involved bolting and riveting the seat rails to the floor. And the final step is attaching stiffeners to...
CONVERTING POWER – May 26, 2021
This part is mounted to the firewall of the engine and converts the power from the engine-driven generator (called a magneto), which is alternating current, to direct current that can be handled by...
CABIN WIRING ALMOST COMPLETED – May 24, 2021
Although the wiring in the cabin was simplified from the earlier engine installation, it had to be completely redone. It is now just about completed and shown here are two new components mounted to...
“BEHIND THE SCENES” – SWITCHBLADE AILERON PUSHRODS – May 21, 2021
Here you can see one of the aileron pushrods exiting the co-pilot side of the cabin through the orange boot. Behind it are the flap and wing/strobe light wiring passing through the red conduit. Also...
MODIFICATION FOR MOUNTING PLATE – AILERON BELL CRANK AND PUSHROD TUBES – May 19, 2021
Here you can see the aileron bell crank, it’s mounting plate and the carbon pushrod tubes. (A bell crank is a device which changes the angle at which a suspension piece or linkage is operated.) This...
NEW PASS-THROUGH ELECTRICAL PANEL – May 14, 2021
The new electrical pass-through panel has been mounted and wired in the cockpit side of the prototype. All cockpit wiring has been handled except for a few random leftover sensors that are being...