I started the day undoing the Adele Clamps for the brake lines that I did yesterday. I purchased some 1/4" ID rubber fuel line to use as the correct size cushions for the brake lines along the gear legs and installed them. I held everything in place with Grip Lock Ties. I also cut a couple of short lengths to cushion the brake lines under the welds at the center of the legs.
Next project, I needed to mount the Comm Antennas so Chris could finish wiring them. This required that I complete the design of the rear skylight bracket. This bracket is the mounting plate for the skylight and the forward mount of the turtle deck (rear window). The factory bracket has both the skylight and turtle deck overlap and screwed together. Since I wish to fold the wings on a regular basis, the turtle deck has to be removed each time before the wings can be folded. So, coming up with a way to mount the turtle deck without requiring screws across the top edge as they would be hard to reach without a step ladder. The following is what I came up with.
After getting the basics of the bracket together, I was able to mount the Comm Antenna brackets (previously fabricated).
While I was fabricating and mounting the antennas, Chris was busy terminating the grounds for the panel. Almost finished, only a few more left to go...
I also had Chris add a charge port for the Earth-X battery to make it a snap to charge (the Orange Plug)
I received a part today that converts the push on connector for the fuel injector to an AN-6 screw on connector that allows me to use PTFE braided stainless line for the fuel line rather than standard rubber fuel line.
