Its been as fun as everyone said it would be so far. I clamped it all down on the plane and had it all working good but when the bolts go in will be the true story.
Thanks for all the advice I've been reading on the rudder pedals.
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Its been as fun as everyone said it would be so far. I clamped it all down on the plane and had it all working good but when the bolts go in will be the true story.
Thanks for all the advice I've been reading on the rudder pedals.
..... when the rudder pedals are done and work free.
Great progress Harlan! Looking good.
Thanks Harlan. Didn't see anyone comment on your alignment issue with the vertical stabilizer. I have been reading the build manual I got in 2012 a lot lately. Not sure it says anything about it being tweeked. Videos are great and you are making great progress.
Looks great, work smooth. Nice! :D
We got rained out of the fields today so with no break downs to fix we got back on the plane.
Finished gluing up the speedster tail wood, most of it , I ran out of stiffener plywood and had to order some plywood.
Cut the alum angle that mounts for the inspection doors to attach to but can't mount it till I get the wood finished and the fiber glass filler in between the stabilizer and rudder.
Does anyone remember how long it takes to get rough in parts , autopilot servos, aoa pitot tube hoses , antennas and what ever else that needs to go in before covering? Just trying to stay ahead before I get behind.
Edit. I also discovered the mixing tubes that go on the 50ml twin tubes that fit the glue guns. Wow they work great and it makes it very enjoyable to lay glue. I now have to figure how to refill those little tubes of glue because they are pricy.
I went full G3X, and got it all from Kitfox, mainly to support the mother ship.
I ordered the initial kit - had the GSU 25, OAT and GMU11 magnetometer. It took about 2 weeks. I ordered the rest when I was nearly ready to install. The rest took about 6 weeks.
Garmin does not drop ship, so it has to go through a vendor.
Looks good!!
I ordered the Garmin stuff for my Kitfox IV rebuild through a local avionics shop. The order included a G5X EFIS, 2 GSA28 servos, a GMC507 autopilot control head, GMU11 magnetometer, and all the connector kits. I ordered on a Monday and got a call from them the following Monday that everything had arrived. Buying through my local avionics shop was cheaper than ordering through Aircraft Spruce.