Sindres RV-14A

  The interior arrived from  Lemke Autosattlerei & Möbelpolstere, and I'm very satisfied with the result and their work. Below is some pictures, but the parts are only loosely fitted. The console in the middle will be covered with the same material as the side walls.

Today I finished the landing light and lens installation, and will then declare the wings done. There are of course minor things remaining but they will be done after paint and after the wing are attached to the fuselage. Aero LED landing light. They works😊 I decided to let the left side til 3 degree downwards and slightly inboards towards the fuselage. So that will be the landing light. This is the wing root filter kit from Aircaft Speciality.  It requires a new dimpled hole for an adel clamp. The right side wing tip had a bulk that had to be fixed. For now the wingtips are sanded and partially primed to fix some flaws. The VOR/LOC/GS antenna is fixed partially with two screws and glue/RTV. I have one antenna in each wingtip. Nav and strobe light lens. It took a while to get it snug. The aileron line up nicely with the tip on both sides.

The last part of this section was to rivet the win skin to spar and ribs. This was very demanding work. But as usual, it's starts out very difficult and becomes easier as one get the hang on it. All was done solo😎 Total time for this section was 80 hours including skin preparation, aileron and flap fairing, pitot mast installation, and skin riveting.  Left side. It's shiny😁 Right side. To get better access I raised the whole wing cradle by approx. 50 cm (20 inch.) The start. Right side. I struggled a lot to set the rivets on the rear spar (top in the picture) in the beginning. So I decided to uncleco the J channel in the middle to get better access while doing the rear spar and the two rows on the rib. I used my Vividia inspection camera together with an iPad to check rivets. This was very handy. I made myself a little work table for the rivet gun, rivets etc. The outboard large skin is ready.

  Aileron is completed, and total time used ended in 42 hours. Nothing particular difficult other than avoiding twist. I'm happy with the result. Next now is to rivet on the lower wing skin.  

The FWF hose kit was shipped on 24th december by USPS but did never arrived. So Aircraft Specialty produced new parts for me. I then took the opportunity to order the wing root filter enhancement also.  I also got the U-1024 spacer, Wing Vent Rigid Tube and Firewall Forward Sniffle Lines. All RV-14 enhancement kits from Aircraft Specialty is listed here . It was all shipped by UPS on Friday and arrived today!  That's the weekend plus one day only. This is in fact the second time a shipment from USPS has gone missing for me. They must be having real troubles. This is how the wing root filter is installed.  One on each side. 

  The flaps was completed today. Total hours used ended on 52. Left side test fitted. Twist is checked with a digital lever on the two hinge brackets. I was not able to get the relative angle to less than 0.2 degree.

  The wing system routing (Section 19) is now complete. Also most of the work on the aileron actuation ( section (23) is done, but not permanently installed. The lower wing skin is also all ready to be riveted on, but it will delayed until flap and aileron is finished. The flap section is also nearing completion. I started the riveting today. Should be completed by end of this week. I also work on the avionic and electric schematic. This is an example for the left wing Left wing were the pitot tube will be. The heated pitot tube. Inboard left wing. The connector is for the GMU 22 magnetometer. Left wing root. The coiled cable is RG-400 Coax for the wing tip antenna (NAV/GS/LOC) Right wing trim servo Trim servo Right wing. Autopilot servo. Left and right flap structure Ready to rivet on the skins.