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Left Wing

2020-11-132020-11-16

The Garmin GAP-26 pitot tube comes without screws. Those #6-32 screws are the same that hold the old 3.5″ hard disks in your PC. So …

Rivet Head Filling

2020-11-082020-11-13

I used a two component Epoxy filler with lots of 10ml syringes. The Epoxy filler will start to harden in about 5min and it gets …

Right Wing

2020-09-272020-09-28

Flap and aileron needed to be riveted while being mounted to the wing. The alignment was quite easy and I could rivet the leading edges …

Wing Tips

2020-09-162020-09-30

Fitting the wing tips with the strobe/position lights and mounting the VOR antenna in the right wing tip. The AVEO Daylight NG installed quiet easy. …

Tanks

2020-08-152020-09-04

Both tanks are airtight now! The tanks have been “quick-build” for me by the factory. I didn’t want to mess with Proseal. After buying a …

Ailerons

2020-08-042020-09-04

The KAI-002-X-F-5 shows for the assembly of rib 4 to use (997) 3.2 x 8mm countersunk rivets to rivet the AN4 anchor nut. They won’t …

Vertical Stabilizer

2020-07-202020-09-04

Check the VS alignment using a reference point inside at the top. Route the tail strobe light cable.

Flaps

2020-05-242020-05-25

The flaps need to be aligned to the wings in order to be completely riveted.

Empennage

2020-04-272020-05-06

Almost done. I’m waiting on the VOR antenna to close up the VS… Test fitting HS and Elevator for good alignment.

Elevator

2020-04-212020-04-21

The elevator is very sensitive to alignment since the structure is not very stable without the skin. . . M3 rivnuts mounted to the trim …