Internal fuselage prior to installation of fuel tank.
Front Boot Cowl installed, this covers fuel tank (13gal). The Boot Cowl is attached with self tapping screws at rear into instrument panel bulkhead and rivenuts at front into firewall surround. Boot Cowl can be removed easly to access fuel tank.
Covered Fuselage prior to Silver UV coating, cable exiting rear of fuselage is a Morse Teflon cable for in flight elevator trim.
Underside of fuselage showing elevator push-pull rod, rudder cables and internal structure prior to fabric being applied.
Internal view of fuselage tail section showing rear nylon cable guide bushings for rudder and cut section in fuselage side for elevator push-pull tube and trim cable. Note this section has clear 2 pack spar varnish only and has not been coated with any colour (paint) for ease of inspection when fuselage is fully fabriced. Access to this area is via a removable top fuselage cover (aluminium) see yellow section at top of photo.
Undercarrige is painted & installed, Brake lines have been routed from Pake Brake on firewall down thru bottom of firewall & attached to fuselage belly, thay will then be routed internaly down thru main undercarrige legs to Disc Brake.
This photo shows Bungies wrapped & tired, a vinyl cover boot will be installed around each leg to help protect Bungies from elements during their service life.
This photo shows Fuselage being painted with Stitts Poly-Tone (finish colour is "lemon yellow") after application of Poly-Spray (UV silver) I applied 2 light coats of Poly-Tone "Insignia white" as a base for the yellow.
Finish colour on fuselage, sunburst pattern on tail.
