Kit #7 arrived

[Utah-Jay]

Antennas
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Co-Pilot headset jacks
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[Utah-Jay]

Pretty much everyday I go to the hanger with a goal in mind for that day. Today it was to install about 60 +/- 5 screws to permanently attach my metal overhead section and the front and back portions of my skylights on each side. The outer edges of the skylights will be attached at a later date when the wing fairings are completed. Next was to drill and installed the 4 EGT probes. I only had 3 hours as I was taking my wife to lunch and then had to prepare for work.

What did I get done? ONLY one side. Geez that took forever.
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[Nev]

Fast progress overall though. I'm enjoying seeing it take shape.

[Utah-Jay]

Thanks Nev

It is fun, sadly working the next two weeks

[Utah-Jay]

Dealing with jet lag (11 hours time change) so forgot to take photos. Got a lot done today. Worked on measuring for fuel lines from gascolator to firewall and then firewall to gold cube to carburetor.

Continued my Firewall Jinga game, move the location of the master and starter solenoid nearer to the battery and moved the remote oil filer to a still accessible location. Set up the AN fittings on the remote oil reservoir and the AN fittings from the engine to better line up to get ready to measure for the hoses.

Installed the 2nd cabin heat muff and the carb heat muff on the Vetterman exhaust system.

Just for the fun of it, I installed the control cable for my oil cooler plenum.

Still waiting on the damn firewall pass throughs for the 6 control cables.

When building a plane…some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield… today I was the windshield

[Utah-Jay]

Lot so stuff happening, not a lot of visual stuff.

Clocked all the AN fittings for the oil system, 6 in all due to the AirWolf remote oil filter system

Had to remake the control cable bracket to be more sturdy
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Installed the master and starter solenoids
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[marcusofcotton]

Looking nice, your progress rate is fantastic! Below is a link to a well written piece from Rainbow Aviation you might take a look at regarding your solenoid mounting. Might consider a couple more rivets nearer the ends on your aluminum angles??? Keep up the great work gettin' er done!

https://electricmotorglider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RelayWeb-1.pdf

[Utah-Jay]

Wiring stuff for a change. But this morning I did have a Bearhawk community visitor in rrbeck11 who was in the area. Randy is building a Model 5.

I installed my circuit breaker from the alternator to the master solenoid, and got the wiring run from the alternator to the master
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One thing I really had been avoiding was drilling holes in a perfectly good exhaust system, but today was the day, I installed the EGT probes
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[rrbeck11]

A great big shout out to Utah-Jay for hosting a buddy and I as we were passing through his area this morning. Jay’s dedication and workmanship are inspiring. I have no doubt he’ll be flying in the near future. I welcome any Bearhawkers passing through Southern Cal to drop in on me at KCCB. Thanks again, Jay!374659B5-BC55-4F1E-87DA-5E0FD4B5D7FA.jpg

[Bcone1381]

What is the source for your Firewall pass through. It looks real Nice Jay!!

[Utah-Jay]

What is the source for your Firewall pass through. It looks real Nice Jay!!

Bcone1381

Here ya go

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/ssfirewallkit12-04762.php

It is a quality product. Came with all the hardware.

[rodsmith]

I duplicated this kit for about $25, I needed two of them. Easy if you have a tig for welding the stainless.

[Utah-Jay]

I have been working on wiring and control cables. Had to use a step drill to upsize the Throttle hole in the panel to 3/4” for the vernier assist and 5/16” for the mixture. I used a sphere passthrough for the Throttle as the diameter was larger, and none-slip passthrough for the other controls. The other controls all had a sleeve to fit the compression passthrough.

I also installed the fuel line firewall passthrough and installed the EI Gold Cube fuel flow meter (forgot to take a photo)
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[Utah-Jay]

Photos of the gold cube

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Working on power wiring
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[Sir Newton]

I just install the red cube on my Mustang 2. Just running the FC-10 controller for now. However what an awesome product.two thumbs up.,

[jaredyates]

Are you going to fabricate a bracket to catch the mounting holes, or just hang it from the threads?

[Utah-Jay]

jaredyates

I was planning on hanging it from the threads as it feels very secure. My buddy built his CC that way.

Thoughts?

[Utah-Jay]

I finalized the wire routing for my EMS wires
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I fished my right wing wires down the sleeve that goes in front of the right door.
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I ran 18ga shielded wires, two were 4 conduit for the wingtip and landing/taxi lights, and a single for the GoPro power supply box. Wingtip and landing lights all had to be downsized and several split for two pins of power supply. I used solder sleeves as per Dynon to splice and downsize
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Tomorrow will be the left wing which will load into the same two D-Subs

[Sir Newton]

D sub connectors. I developed a method of soldering all those pins. Couldn't justify buying those iver priced crimping tools.

[Utah-Jay]

Sir Newton I am lucky, friends have the tools so I am just borrowing them

[Utah-Jay]

Lots of notes on what initially looked like Chinese math, but amazingly I understand this stuff now
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