In the cabin, I checked the rigging of the sticks. The small pushrod has to be lenghtened to straighten the stick, I was doing the opposite yesterday. It's not possible to lenghten the rod too much, as enough threads have to be engaged in bearing shank. This is verified by trying to insert a small wire in the little hole on the shank. If the wire does not go through, there are enough threads engaged. The stick is now nearer to the vertical, it does not need to be completely. I also checked there is no interference with the instrument panel.



I found a small interference between the pushrod and the seats bulkhead. This is quite common and is solved by sanding away the lower part of the opening.

Today I worked on the elevator rigging, and most of the work is taking place in the cabin. First I installed the smaller of the two pushrods. It is a bit tricky to install, and I still have to insert some washers on the bolts.



Here is the bellcrank, the rod from the cabin is bolted to the lower hole, and the upper hole gets the big rod going to the elevator. It took quite a while to have everything in place, and I still have to bolt everything.



The stick is not vertical with the elevators in neutral position, I don't know if it's normal or not. I'll check on other websites, and I can then modify the rigging a bit.



I then had a better look at the rudder rigging and did some work on the rudder stops.

Only one hour in the workshop. The fuel and brake lines have to be isolated from the cabin floor. I have not decided how to do this, but before finding an answer, I decide to install soundproofing floor mats from Spruce. I only had to cut the mat delivered by Spruce. The mat is a vinyl mat with foam backing. The picture shows the two different colored sides as I didn't know which side should be up.

Today I riveted the remaining parts of the forward fusleage : the flap motor support and the subpanel. Still a lot of nutplates to rivet. Some rivets are easier to install using the C-frame and the rivet gun rather than the squeezer.



A picture of all the parts riveted today.

Today, I riveted nutplates to the forward cabin covers and riveted the fuel pump cover.