Tuesday was a non event as I was ill with some stomach bug which left me very lethargic.
Back to full strength Wednesday but there are less and less jobs to do as the days pass. It’s very windy today so will leave the engine runs and associated tests until tomorrow. Looking to do final inspection before first flight next week. The original chap can’t do it until after the LAA rally at the end of August which is of no use to me as I’m off to Llanbedr for a couple of weeks Gliding. Luckily Ian has managed to arrange for someone else to do it for me.
I spent the day today doing some ‘little’ jobs.
One of the little issues that I found when I first run the engine was the park brake cable travel was too much which could result in the inner coming out of the outer by a couple of mm. I did a small mod, shortened the inner by a few mm and put a more definite cable travel stop on the cable to prevent it pulling out. It works a treat now as do all the other controls.Earlier on in the project I decided after a conversation with Ian to use M3 rivnuts and screws to secure all the internal panels instead of rivets. That would allow me or anyone else that does maintenance or wanting to run extra cables in to easily remove the panels to gain access. This is the side armrest panel I’ve used reduced shoulder M3 rivnuts that don’t protrude so much as others I’ve used and are ideal for this job. You have to be careful though as the material is thin and the there’s not much to ‘get hold of’.There’s loads of holes to secure the panel probably because it’s an armrest so there is an amount of downward pressure. Fixing this panel was no easy job as I had to work ‘upside down’ to find the hole for the screw, line it up and screw it in. I was exhausted after this but it worked well.
Following the build of my Bristell NG5 Kit No. 382 Registration G-MLSY
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