Kit #7 arrived

[Utah-Jay]

Today was a very visual day

Hung the engine this morning, and for those looking closely I was lacking a bolt so you can see one is mount hole is not bolted in. But still a big step
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Next up was the Vetterman exhaust. Upon opening the box I was like this is a jigsaw puzzle. But it was relatively straightforward
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And…… If you have an engine, and if you have an exhaust you need a prop
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The prop is temporary as I need to time/set a magneto

But it was a really cool day

[jaredyates]

When I asked Bob about this he suggested a steel strap around the tube with a quarter inch diameter bolt. He said you can calculate the strength of the strap based on the steel strength PSI and the cross section area of the strap but it should end up around an eighth inch of total thickness. While there are different flavors of adel clamp (aluminum, steel), I don't think most of them will be anywhere close to the thickness Bob suggested.

[Paul Johnston]

Yes-If it fails at 6 g’s would be good

[Nev]

Looks great. If I did my panel again I'd also mount the USB drives on the panel. Also like what you've done with the seat belts.

[Utah-Jay]

I suspect your head will fly off before the adel clamp breaks, I did look up the breaking strength of the 3/4” size and could not find it

[kestrel]

Is an adel clamp strong enough for mounting shoulder harnesses?

[Utah-Jay]

Some days as a builder you are the bug, other days you are the windshield…. Today I was the windshield

Seats… Yep
Panel… Yep
Top overhead panel… Yep

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[Utah-Jay]

Today was really about putting things back together. Had to remove the plastic from the boot cowl, then used scotchbright followed by self etching primer in prep for reassembly.
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All set up for the panel installation tomorrow… so then I got moving to get the engine to mounted…
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Ran into a snag and will have to do some research before hanging the engine.

[Utah-Jay]

Back on the gear
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[Utah-Jay]

Did some painting tonight

Center section of the overhead
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Hub Caps
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Shock struts
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[Utah-Jay]

DONE!!! With the covering and tapes. Finished taping all the seams today, so on to a new task
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[Utah-Jay]

Today was a huge milestone… At 5:30pm I finished my covering.
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Only thing I have left to do on the covering is taping the seams which I will do tomorrow.

[Utah-Jay]

I will finish the covering process tomorrow
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And here is some prep for the last piece
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[Utah-Jay]

Left side is finished, there is a bit or a wrinkle that will not be visible once I close out the top. Tapes not on the seam yet
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[Utah-Jay]

Starting to look like an airplane
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