In the next weeks I will have to rivet the bottom skins of the wings. This will be done on sunny days in the garden. But before I have to take the wings out of their sarcophagus.



I then write the rivets to be used on the skins to avoid having to read the drawings too often. I also begin to drill for the nutplates used to screw down the wing intersection fairing, but I will have to get the wings out of the cradle to finish that part.

The left stick I have ordered about ten days ago, has already been delivered. Two hours were needed to get the old stick out, rewire the new one and get it back in the cockpit.

Still working on the wiring by installing the clamps on the left side. I first have to take outthe EFIS to be get acces to rivet the nutplates.



The D-sub connectors get their shells installed, this is the left EFIS.



When the D-sub connector is in line, I join them by using two zip ties. I then use some adhesive velcro to mount them on a flat surface.

No picture, but I managed to work one hour to begin lacing the harnesses and drilling a few holes for the support clamps.

I first finish the stick wiring so I can test all the buttons. Despite some dicrepancies in mu schematics, the trim buttons work, as does the autopilot disconnect and the right stick isolation switch.
I then push the transponder fuse and ckeck that the left EFIS sends altitude informations, as does the altitude encoder when the EFIS is off.
I also light up the VHF-NAV, but I can perform only one test as the intercom is not wired. However, I manage to check the COM reception by listening to the traffic at the nearby airport.