Beringer Brake System

Installed the brake fluid reservoir to the firewall assembly.  Fabricated the left and right brake lines and installed them to the brake line fittings.  Installed the brake hoses.

Spring is here ;-) Tail wheel mount, Control, CHT & EGT Wiring Connections

Finally the WX broke so Mike and I were able to work on the plane again.  We've both agreed that the plane will be done by Oshkosh (just not sure which one but we aren't telling anyone that part when they ask which one).  

Davin and I worked on finishing up installation of the beautifully chromed tail wheel mount assembly.  Installed the tail wheel spring mount.  Reluctantly had to add six CS 4-4 pop rivets to the bottom of the rear bulkhead due to space constraints.

Davin Squeezing Rivets

Wheel Mount Assembly

Aft Bulkhead

Prop Governor Linkage

Lower battery bus

Mike mounted the control cables.  We also finished up the CHT and EGT wiring connections.

Can it get any colder??? Ran Control Cables

Too cold!  

Ran the three control cables from the quadrant to the engine.  Will need to order a longer one for the throttle

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More Cold WX! Drilled Hole for Control Cables

Mike came out to the factory and didn't get much done....too cold.  

Drilled the holes in left gear tower for the control cables to pass through.  Didn't have the right size snap grommets so they'll need to be ordered.

Cold Day in the Factory! ... More Wiring

Starting to get really cold in the factory.  Did some cleanup and dragged Mikes blast heater over from his hangar.  

Mike pulled apart all the wiring run attachments behind the panel.  With the new GRT Mini AP taking the place of the originally planned TruTrak Gemini some rewiring will need to happen.  Arjan Plomp agreed to help out going through John Stark's disastrous wiring job to re-do a lot of the rewiring.

Running Wires

Mike Regen routed all the wires from the firewall to their respective attach points.  Attached a bunch of cushion clamps for the wire runs.  Started on the connections for the CHT and EGT wires.  

Inside the cockpit, I installed the GRT autopilot servos that have replaced the TruTrak servos.

Tail Wheel Mount & Engine Sensors

Started working on installation of the beautifully chromed tail wheel mount.  Space Coast Plating did a great job of chroming the mount.  

The rear bulkhead was removed to get it installed and mounted correctly.  

Mike Regen started attaching the engine sensors.  All the EGT and CHT sensors were attached along with the oil temperature sensor.  The starter will need to be replaced with a shorter SkyTec....bummer.  The B&C starter is a much better unit.  

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