Forward Cover Plates

Today I am working on the forward cover plates. These are covers that hide all the fuel lines, wiring and cables in the cockpit. I plan on spending extra time on the components that are directly visible to the occupants. Just for a better experience when flying the plane. Having said that, I am not looking forward to deburring this piece. This is probably the most complex single part I have worked on yet. I plan on queuing up a couple of movies and hopefully it will be done  by the end.

Visit From The Family

Seat Backs

Seat Backs going together





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Priming Rear Seats and other parts

Full day of prepping and priming a bunch if parts that have been building up for a while. After priming I attached the seat back attach points and riveted the rear seat pans into place. hard to believe this is 9 hour of work.

Center Tunnel Cover Supports

Time for a little fabrication. We start with a z channel piece of aluminium. The cut marks are traced out and using the cutoff wheel, it is easy to cut out the required shape. I think it has become my new favorite tool.

Seats - Rear

Putting together the rear seat structures. These have the seat back adjustment points which are simply piano hing attach points. There are three hinges attached to move the seat back or forward a total of about 3 1/2 inches. Enjoy the pics.












Next I installed the Crotch strap brackets for the seat belts.