Kit #7 arrived

[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.

[Bcone1381]

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

[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

[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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[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]

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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[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]

Thanks Nev

It is fun, sadly working the next two weeks

[Nev]

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

[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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[Utah-Jay]

Antennas
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Co-Pilot headset jacks
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[Utah-Jay]

Lots of wiring today.

Installed the Comm antenna (photo tomorrow) Hooked up coaxial cable, all wired into network system
Installed GPS antenna (photo tomorrow) Installed D-Sub and connected to network system
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Control Stick PTT, spliced the two grounds into a single ground wire
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Installed D-Sub and plugged the Control Stick into the ACM

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Temporarily installed pilot side headset jacks
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Currently looks like a rats nest but it will all get cleaned up with service loops
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Photo of ACM and nearly all the harnesses plugged in.
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PFD was mistakenly plugged into the MFD, will be corrected tomorrow

Chipping away and things one day at a time

[Utah-Jay]

Short day today, but more progress. Comm and GPS antennas should be installed tomorrow. E64A4C30-6A2F-4CFB-96BF-5424243BE068.jpgF7E29EF1-F76C-4897-831F-EAC83686F9FB.jpg09FF58AE-E11C-4215-887B-BBE99278E2CC.jpgA42CFB71-85BA-4B68-A278-B06B4E8D2848.jpgFA94E172-CB11-46BA-A9CB-1B03F9540B9D.jpg8FC25B76-75F0-492C-ABF6-B617FBC463F4.jpg

[Utah-Jay]

And I am at 749 hours to date

[Utah-Jay]

I have been working on the skylights the past few days as well as miscellaneous wiring. Today both skylights were installed with weatherstripping and nice tight fit using nylon washers on the bottom to put upward pressure of the weatherstripping/glass on the upper part of the window channel

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And there was some painting today too.
Firstly the metal center section of my overhead which is home to my GPS antennas is the front middle and the comm antenna in the right rear. This will get installed tomorrow.
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Inspection covers were painted. They are the same color but look different due to the lighting. They will just come home and remain off until after the DAR visit
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Coaxil cable ends were trimmed and the appropriate ends were installed and put on the corresponding avionics. Comms and GPS connections will be done as soon as here antennas are installed on the overhead.