Not much work today, in fact I only faricated a new support bracket for the gascolator as I was not really satisfied with the first one.

Two hours to adjust the empennage fairing, the first picture show the initial state.



The next picture shows the fairing after cutting of 1/2 inch with a cutting disk, the grinding away the excess, before finishing the edges with a sanding block.



The fairing looks quite good, there is some small waork to be done at the back end. There is also a gap at the front left (not very visible on the picture).



Squeezing the part with the thumb is enough tp close the gap, so I think light sanding on the inside of the part should solve the problem.

I found the parts needed to finish the empennage fairing. First I have to drill out 7 rivets to begin the installation. Then some trimming has to be done. A seal will be installed between that part and the horizontal stab.



here, a very small lenght of seal is fitted for a try. I'll do the final trimming later as the horizontal stab may have its position adjusted after the wing installation.



The fiberglass fairing needs to be trimmed down to fine moulding lines. I only marked the lines with a Sharpie, I'll do the trimming next time.

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 fabricated the rudder stops. Here the left side. It's not quite as per plans but it works.



The plan says that with the rudder at full deflection and the elevator at neutral, there should be 1 inch 1/8 between the two controls. I think I'm OK.



Just for fun I installed the empennage fairing/



I'll have to check the plans to see what has to be done there.