Finished panel attach / brake line fittings installed
I have no real interest in politics but I exercised my right to vote.... and then headed to the workshop.

I finished attaching the panel by drilling and riveting on the 721D angles. There is no good way of attaching these since the panel is in the way and you have no good way of clamping them in place. I just held them in place and drew a line on the 721a deck where they needed to be, pulled the panel off and drilled/riveted them on. (Don't rivet on the 721A fwd canopy decks until these angles are in place.. much easier to rivet with them off the fuse.)

721-C/D's in place.

Next I installed the brake line fittings where they exit the fuselage at the gear leg. Simple enough. I used one of those thick donut spacers you get to fill in the space between the skin and gear leg weldment. I did have to cut off an edge of the space to it wouldn't rub on the weldment. Next stop will be running the brake lines from the fitting up to the parking brake valve. I was able to use 3 AN822-4D fittings on the brake valve... but I need a 45 degree AN823-4D for one of the holes since a 90 degree won't turn with the other fitting in place. I ordered one from Van's along with a couple of other fittings are a replacement part I need.

(Time: 2 hrs; Total Fuse Time: 404 hours)
- posted by Matthew @ 7:39 PM