Author Archives: DonAlexander

11/22/11 2.5 hours Installed the four brake cylinders on the rudder pedals. This amounted to positioning the pedals, installing the top of the cylinder and then drilling the bottom hole in place. Pretty simple actually.

11/21/11 3.6 hours The 5202 aluminum tubing arrived Aircraft Spruce. Shipping on the 6′ lengths was about $15. Originally, I had ordered it in 12′ lengths. AS dropped me an email saying my $60 order would cost $144 to ship, … Continue reading →

11/20/11 1.6 hours I carefully figured out how to square the doghouse up. It meant moving two platenuts, installing two more platenuts, and running a tap through all of the platenuts. What a difference that last step makes! The screws … Continue reading →

November 19, 2011. 3.9 hours and lots of cogitating. I have figured out 3 ways to mount the Whelen strobe power pack on my plane and built two of them. The third way is to mount it on the deck … Continue reading →

11/13/11, 3.1 hours I started off today by trying to fix the doghouse cover over the fuel pump. I spent an hour working on sorting out the problems – and there are several. It just got too frustrating and I … Continue reading →

11/12/11 2.6 That’s not misprint – I worked the same number of hours today as yesterday. As hard as it is to believe, all I accomplished was getting the magnetometer shelf finished and installed. The shelf itself is pretty simple. … Continue reading →

11/11/11 2.6 hours After talking to another builder friend about how he routed his wiring, I realized that I forgotten to put two holes in the F707 bulkhead. With all the control tubes, the bell crank and the AP servo, … Continue reading →

1 hour Nothing accomplished beyond a lot of head scratching. Not sure how to install the fuel line to the Andair valve, passing it through two plastic bushings along the main spar, through the gear web, a couple of bends … Continue reading →

10/29/11 2.0 hours, 535.1 Fuselage Build Time, Total Build Time 1148.1 It has taken a fair amount of preparation to get to this point – most of it rather frustrating. In any event, I’ve been reading about problems with poorly … Continue reading →

10/29/11 3.1 hours, 533.1 Fuselage Build Time, Total Build Time 1146.1 Fit, drilled, deburred, dimpled, and riveted the fuel pump housing, including installing 8 #6 platenuts. On the bright side, I located 6 out of the 8 correctly. The other … Continue reading →