Progress report Mai 2020 - sat in the plane for the first time

I've been working on several section since last time. The stick together with the pushrods to the elevator, the fresh air vents, completed installation of the avionics access panel, fabricated two plates/platforms for avionics in front of the sub panel, "reconfigured" the trolley, and started to work on section 38 Canopy and Window.

I also waiting for the autopilot servos (Garmin GSA 28), but they seems to be stuck in Chicago. It's almost 30 days since they were shipped from Steinair. So if nothing happens before end of week, it will be reported as lost. Steinair has been helpful, and has assured me that the shipment is fully insured.

I have also ordered the wing kit, but has still not received a expected shipment date. Originally my intention was to buy quick built wings, but the covid-19 situation changed my mind. Hopefully they should arrive in September, and that will give me plenty of time to build them during the winter.

Kind of a milestone to sit in the plane for the first time:)

The sticks are temporarily mounted.

It took me quite some time filing the control stops to get the required travel in
both direction. Both control must also contact the stops simultaneously.

This is the bellcrank assembly in the tail. Both elevator and yaw
autopilot servo will be mounted.

The fresh air cents mounted, and ready to get glued into place.

I did fabricate 2 pc. alu plates (2024T3 0.063")  for avionic. One on each side
of the center panel. They are fixed with screws for easy access to the the area
between the panel and the sub panel.

The gasket for the avionic access panels are created by using
tank sealant. Per the instructions I put a thin layer of sealant, covered it with
plastic, and the screw the panel in place. I'm not 100% happy with the result, so
I might redo it later.

The result. Might need to be fixed.

I made a new bracket for the Lemo plug that covered the
two traditional phone and mic plugs. Lemo plugs are
common on ANR headsets as it also has power.

Work in progress on the canopy frame.

This is how the cockpit area looks like when the seat backs and
panel are in place. The center console will be covered with the
sames material as the side walls.

The roll bar is not fixed because I want to do the autopilot
servos in the aft fuselage first. But as they has not appeared yet,
I might reconsider.

I lowered my trolley and reconfigured it a bit.

On the trolley. Works very well to move around and in/out
of the container. It will stay on the trolley during the canopy attachment.
But it's easy to move the whole fuselage back to the rotisserie.

This is the first pile of primed parts for the canopy. The next is also
done - so next now is to start riveting the canopy frame.