Tank drain, elevator tips. 6 hrs

The past two days I worked on installing the tank drain and the elevator tips

Brakes, misc 6 hrs

Today i finished hooking up my brake lines and bled them. I also installed my trailing edge canopy skirt. I went over the right side of the fuselage with a scoth brite pad to get it ready for painting. Trying to stay busy while anxiously anticipating my motor which is supposed to ship at the end of the week

Testing 2 hrs

Yesterday I hooked up a battery and tested my comm radio, fuel pumps and fuel gauge. I added 1 gallon of fuel at a time and noted the gauge reading on the ground and in level flight condition. 

Rework fuel line 2 hrs

Tonight I decided to go with aluminum fuel line from the firewall to the gascolator in lieu of rubber. I installed it and also cut out mor baffle materials for future use. 

Carb heat box, misc. 6 hrs

Today I worked on fabricating the carb heat box and damper.  I blazed the damper assembly together and painted black to keep from rusting. The damper uses rubber grommets as a "bearing".  I also fabbed some scat tubing taps and one of the pieces for my rear baffling. Trying to get as much done to save time once my motor arrives. 

Motor mount 1 hr

Tonight I worked on changing my motor mount. I have to move one of my diagonals to the bottom to accommodate my motor that will have the starter on top as opposed to the bottom as I had originally planned on  

Cockpit finishing touches 4 hrs

Today I permanately mounted my stick grip. I installed my throttle, side panels in cockpit, adjusted height of fuel tank for tank cover skin, and choke and carb heat cables. I started removing the wheel to replace the axle bolts with AN hardware and shim the wheel out for clearance with the caliper. 

Seat belts painting. 4 hrs

Yesterday I re-installed The seatbelts. I also sanded the second set of runs out of my side panels and repainted. They are not perfect but my best attempt yet and I think I'm going to stay with it. I also Soldered the ground wire onto my cigarette lighter accessory outlet I installed my battery mount on the firewall

Gascolator 2 hrs

Tonight in stalled my gascolator bracket and mounted the gascolator. I also started to run my fuel drain. I practiced flaring some tubing until I was happy with the 37 degree flares. I flared one end of my drain line an decided to stop until I get a bulkhead fitting to penetrate the firewall. I installed the elbows for the tank vent and drain with fuel lube. 

Misc 2 hrs

Tonight I re-wired my fuel pumps after having to take the back out to apply thr fuel lube on the fittings entering, exiting, and in between the pumps. I also added the ground wire for the fuel quantity sender.  I started to do a calibration of my airspeed indicator with a simple manometer made out of tubing. I found a chart online that gives specific measurements of water column equated to a specific airspeed. It is complicated math that someone did, but a very simple process.  I am not happy with my numbers I came up with, but I believe it is due to using barb fittings which push on.  When I push the fitting on it gives it's an instant pressure change so it is impossible to start from zero. I am going to try to either add a tee and a valve in the line going to the airspeed indicator to relieve the pressure once the water is put in to zero the manometer. Or, I will buy a screw on union type fitting that doesn't require the tube being pushed on. 

Fairing, fuel lube, bat. Mount. 2 hrs

Today I taped off my leading edge wing root fairing for the left wing. This is caulked with polyurethane just like the right side. I also disassembled all of the fuel lines in the cockpit and reasssembled win fuel lube sealant. I started cabbing my battery box mount as well. 

Mike jack and phone. 1 hr

Yesterday I installed my recessed plate for my mike and phone jacks. 

Antenna, sidepanel 2 hrs

Today I ran the antenna cable and installed the antenna. I also installed my aux input jack for my radio. 

Wiring final touches(firewall aft). 4 hrs

Today I worked on putting the final touches on my wiring aft of the firewall.  I installed my control stick grip and wired the push to talk button. All I need to do is drill and install a set screw of sorts and use some adhesive to secure the grip to the stick

Interior assembly 4 hrs

Today I worked on assembly in the cockpit. I reinstalled my rudder pedals. All that I need to complete them is to rivet the plate they are attached to, to the floor.  I applied some padding to the supports for the fuel tsnk and installed the fuel tank. I wired the fuel level sending unit and mounted the tank. I still need to plumb my tank vent and tank drain.  I applied 5 layers of masking tape to the fuselage and wing at the area of the wing root leading edge fairing. I cut a bonds scraper to the profile of the leading edge wing root fairing and tooled polyurethane caulking to that profile around the leading edge. I removed the tape and will prime once the caulking is fully cured. 

Wiring mike jacks 2 hours

Last night I wired my mike, headphone and aux input jacks. I will route them tomorrow

516 hours total

Ground wiring 1 hour

Today I worked on wiring my ground terminal and my two fuel pumps. 

Wiring. 4 hours

Today I worked on my wiring. I got most all of my panel switches and instruments wired and moved down to the fuse box.