I didn't get as much done as I wanted this week due to a cold slowing me down.
Still - the top panel has been filled and sanded and is masked off - so ready to paint.
The Bottom section is also ready - I fitted the starter button and the switch holes are now drilled.
There are 4 critical switches that should not be bumped off in flight (unless you want to do some gliding that is). They are the Master, ECU, Ignition 1 and Ignition 2.
Actually the engine will still run perfectly well on one of the two ignitions. Indeed that is how you check they are both working in your pre-take off checks - by switching one off at a time.
So I'm placing these 4 switches in the middle of the bank of 6.
The two outboard switches will be for Avionics Master and the other one will be a spare (it may be used for a landing/taxiing light - but that's something I plan to add later on once everything is up and flying and working well).
The other little job I have been doing is making up a shroud for the tailwheel fork bearing.
As you can see from the below photo of Matthias Strieker's Twister the bearing is not protected from all the dirt and grime flicked up by the tailwheel.
I noticed that the French agents Twister had a nice little mod to cure this.
A beautifully made (CNC or lathe?) piece of aluminium that sits on the tailwheel fork cross bar and supports the bearings as well as keeping them clean.
As I don't have a lathe I decided to make a shroud out of Carbon fibre.
I was lucky to find an old piece of PVC pipe to use as a mould - which was exactly the diameter I was looking for - 42mm.
I just wrapped a couple of layers of duct tape around that to act as a release and to make the diameter 43-44mm so the bearing has a little space around it for play (and grease).
I've still to file out the half round holes that will allow it to sit on the fork - I will fill in the gaps at the bottom with RTV.
Hopefully by the next post I will actually have the panel painted.
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| Starter button in place |
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| Mechanical fuel gauge in place - 1 each side |
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| Switches in place |
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| Standard tailwheel fork bearing - exposed to dirt from Tailwheel |
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| Tailwheel Fork shroud - made from Carbon |
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| French agent mod - CNC or Lathe made ali shroud/support |
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