Today's goal was to install the aileron trim. The parts had already been prepared but it nevertheless took a long time.
But first I replaced the brass bushing on the right stick. The fit was a bit sloppy and the stick had some play.



Then I installed the trim, the servo and the springs. All this with limited access and the necessity to disassemble a few parts.



The springs interfere with the seat ribs, some filing takes care of it.



The springs are connected to the trim arm via safety wire, I'm not very happy with the results, I'll redo them later.



I finished the day by drilling the stick for the wiring. There will be nine conductors going to the grip (five for the trims, two for the push-to-talk, and two for the autopilot). For the time being, the hole is only 1/4" (maximum allowed is 3/8) and I want to keep it as small as possible.

Only one hour in the workshop, but not much done; I tried to redo my fuel lines, but the bends didn't come out right. So I'll tackle the problem later with different tools.

First I reinstall the rear skin and then sand lightly the pop rivet heads on the roll bar as they might scratch the rear window.



Then I get the canopy out in the garden, using two old matresses as support. Our lady cat Seraphine (turning 20 in July) checks my moves.



First task is to mark the center of the canopy, this will help positionning on the fuselage.



Then the first cutting marks are made. The method is as following : a the border of a small tape marks the cutting line, then the protective sheet is taped to the first tape by a larger tape. This is to avoid canopy dust getting between the protective layer and the canopy.
The first cut is just to discard the marks left by the tooling i.e the two parallel lines visible in the picture.



As it's getting late, the first cut will be for another day.

To mark the passage of the 1000th working hour, we decided to get the canopy out of its storage in our neighbours garage. Antoine gave a hand and Sabine did the photo report.













Our neighbour Michel is monitoring our actions.

The camlock support brackets get deburred, and all the shims are now fabricated.