November 2009 Pictures

Made a bracket for my baggage area dome light.

Fit and match drilled side covers. I won't put them on though until the wings are installed the last time.

A Sunday morning visitor!!! Haven't had one of those in a long time.

Made these brackets for mounting LED lights under the dash

Tough to see, but here they are with the LEDs facing down

I mounted a switch on the side rail that is very easy to reach from the outside when you open the canopy.

Had to order several of each of these two blind rivets for the front of the rear window skin.

Here's the inside

Slid in the back window again to double check the fit now that everything is riveted.

These latest crotch brackets I got from Crow needed some work. First they were too thick so I had my friend Don surface grind them. Then I had to adjust the length so that the belt ends up in the right spot between the ribs.

Here is where they mount

Complete but will need to prime them.

I made these rudder stops a long time ago and now that everyting is together I've decided to redo them. Van's calls out the hole locations but with all the material here and tight edge distance requirements, I though I could do bettter.

The flange of the rear bulkhead on each side needs to be filed down a little to clear the bottom skin.

Not as easy as if it wasn't installed, but not too bad with a little patience.

Now drilled.

Ready to rivet

Had to remove the HS to rivet them

Rudder hitting the stop

I decided to glass under my empenange fairing to better the fit so first I taped everything off with clear packing tape

Then mixed up a batch of resin with microballoons

Then screwed it down and let it cure overnight

After a little sanding it looks great!

This box doesn't look like much but it took a little to build. It is the exact size of a Garmin Indicator that I'm planning on installing in my panel. I wanted to make sure it fit without buying one. This box is exactly 3.25" X 3.25" X 4.75".