Monthly Archives: June 2014

Total Build Time: 661 Hours. Finally, the seat installation… a fabrication and assembly process that I’ve both been dreading and looking forward to, for quite some time. Dreading because it involves large accurate bends in aluminum sheet metal that I have not performed before (and is typically done on a proper bending brake, which I … Continue reading »

Total build time:  646 Hours.   Two more small details in the cockpit before I get to completing the seat installation. First is installing a protective cover for the elevator pushrod that eventually will go from the control sticks, down the center of the bottom of the seat, back to the idler bellcrank. A few cuts in the pre-bent cover … Continue reading »