Been a while since our last blog posting. Michael's been working on the 3D printed trim servo cover. Went through a lot of iterations to come up with the finally design. Another issue was having to order more parts from Aircraft Spruce to mount the trim tab fabric mount plate. We had plenty of CCC-42 and CCC-46 pulled rivets, but needed CCC-44's. A few days later a packet shows up with the required rivets and we permanently installed the plate. The fabric plate has four nutplates for mounting the servo, and two additional nutplates for mounting the standoffs and cover.
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| 3D printing a trim servo cover |
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| Trim fabric plate installed |
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| Trim Servo in place |
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| Trim cover installed |
Ed has been working on the vent line in the right main fuel tank. We ordered a fuel fitting from Sonex that will allow us to mount the vent in the tank. Due to limited space, Ed needed to make a special wrench for installation.
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| Ed cutting tool from a steel plate |
Below is a picture of the finished wrench next to the Sonex fuel/vent line fitting. The wrench had to be small and thin to fit in a tight area next to the tank. A template was made out of paper first, then this was traced onto a steel plate, and then cut out to make the finished wrench.
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| Special wrench will allow us to install the Sonex fitting to the tank |
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