Day 3

I left my camera at work so I promise to upload more tomorrow. JIm worked on the tail today and made some  great advances . He mounted the rudder , horizontal stab and elevators. Paul Worked on mainly the undercarriage and electric trim. 90% of the undercarriage is in with the nose wheel just to br mounted . The engine was prepped today and is just waiting on the undercarriage to hit the floor. In all we are mostly ahead with the only hold up being the wings . Tomorrow that should be resolved and we expect to have the wings almost completly skinned tomorrow .

 The airframe from above :-)

 Tyres done

 Its quite involved doing the gear legs and is installed using a big hammer .

 The shear webs nearly completed . Jim was working on this . Rudder fully installed

 The rudder in place

 Mike doing the final ream on the undercarriage attach bolts

 The boys at work....or pos

 One passenger window installed , Jims work again

 Paul installling the brake and wheels

 Wheel pants are installed later

 Jim and Ben posing

 Hozi stab installed , Jim had the tail to finish . Push rods installed

 The all important Australian flag :-D

 The elevator installed. Installing hinge pins is a two man job

 Jim finishing the install and push rod attach

 The parts shelf , all very organised . Many parts left to install

 Brakes bled and and ready to rock and roll . One master cyclinder did leak which was replaced straight away . The good thing about being in the factory.

 Jims bald spot and him installing the control cables.

 Wings in the jig ready for riveting

 John readying the wings before skins are installed


Overall the build is going well and beside our few cultural differences and language barriers we getting ahead .