Wed 14 September 2005 |
| Dad continued with the governor bracket for the P2 control. This was the next generation - better but still some strange angles. | 
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| After more thought / prototyping - a wider piece of stock was selected and piloted. | 
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| This was then bent and twisted slightly and the second location drilled. After shaping this is the result. It works really well and keeps the cables and actuation well clear of the firewall. Sorry no 'finished' photo..... | 
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| The last step was to stop the new bracket rotating on the VANs supplied bracket - rather than welding which would have damaged the powder coating, a small grub screw was drilled and tapped. Nothing structural, just a keeper screw. | 
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| I was still on the cowl hinges. The upper skin had to be removed, deburred and preped, along with the firewall flanges. The nex step was to drill the actual upper hinges - nothing too complex, just being careful with alignment etc. | 
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| The cowl side of the hinges also need shaping to help with the arc they end up in. I used the small air driven belt sander which worked well. | 
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| The final step was sorting some hinge pins. I'm still using the original AL cores in some locations and the long term stainless steel pins in others. The SS pins that VANs supplies are probably long enough, just - I think we have 2" spare in 12'! | 
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| Dad continued with making holes in our mock firewall - this is in preparation for trying to sort the ECU / battery box layout. | 
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| After completing the hinge mounts I started looking at the actual cowl halves. One of the first jobs is the oil door. Some CAD templates to be made up tonight. | 
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| Also spent some time on the phone today talking with Stein Bruch from Stein Air Inc who I'll hopefully be using for much of the avionics and panel supplies. A useful session, some guidance on good / bad / options and he is due to get some numbers back to me in the next couple of days. Then I need to get and order in so that I'm not delayed when the time comes. This will be the last 'major' expense (airframe / engine, prop / avionics - roughly 1/3, 1/3, 1/3) then it is all the 'bits' and paint work etc. | |
