Didn’t take too much additional work at this point as I had everything ready. It just took some riveting which luckily they could all be squeezed instead of bucked. And the pins to mount them were easier to install than I thought as well. It all came out great! Next is the flap system!
I got the seatbacks drilled and ready to go. What took the majority of the time was trimming down the F-637C angle aluminum to nest inside the radius of the upper seat backs. It took alot of material removal with a file. I tried using the bench sander but I couldn’t get a consistent amount of removal like I could with the file. But they are all primed and ready to be assembled on Monday! Oh I tried that new spray can primer which was a pain to get it to go on evenly. It shot out in such a narrow fan pattern that it was impossible to get a good spray pattern. I ended up using 2.5 cans of the stuff just on these parts alone which is outrageously expensive compared to the other primer I usually use.
I had a chance to talk with John at Van’s about the parts issue for the controls. He said he was going to take the pictures I have and verify the size of the parts they have in inventory. While I’m waiting on that I decided to move ahead and start on section 42 with the rear seat backs. Not a very long section to do but something else I need to complete. Plus I know my daughter has been looking for an opportunity to actually sit in the plane so this will appease her LOL
