Sunday June 15, 2025
Data Plate, Tidying, Fuel Selector Valve, Cockpit Vents, Seat Heat Wiring, ELT Wiring
(0.2 Hours Aft Fuselage, 1.5 Hours Center Fuselage, 1.5 Hours Electrical)
3.2 Hours Total

I installed the data plate on the aft fuselage. It's hard to see here, but all of the info is engraved in the appropriate boxes.

I tidied up all of the wires and air tubing to the wings.

I gave the fuel selector a fresh coat of paint for labels. Unfortunately, after I applied the labeled and the clear coat, the paint ran a bit, so I'm going to have to strip it and re-do it.

I riveted both vent brackets to the fuselage and then installed the vents. I ran the hose from the NACA inlets and tightened them down. I need one more worm clamp to finish these.

I pulled 18 gauge wire for the seat heaters from the switches to the seat area, but I still need to wire them up.

Finally, I started trying to run wire for the ELT remote control. It comes with telephone wire with RJ-11 jacks on the end that is kind of crap quality for pulling through the plane. I'm going to run shielded 4-conductor wire and terminate RJ-11 connectors on the ends, I think.

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