Lots and lots of progress on little things...

Progress is fast and furious.

Aileron bolts safety wired.  Boy, that was fun.  Had to make tabs for the outboard bolts to tie to.

Had another park brake valve leak.  5606 all down the belly (well, one long stream).  One fitting was not quite tight.  Tested extensively and no leak, and fluid level holding steady.

Compass swung and magnetometer received back from repair and calibrated.  Initially the magnetometer would not calibrate as I had used standard AN3 bolts to mount it.  Switched to brass, and all good now.

Full power run for 3 minutes.  Ran great.  Have downloaded engine logs and need to review.  Oil temps creaped up into the yellow.  Temp spread on intercooler was 26 degrees.  Prop spun up to 2680, but then came down to 2600.  Need to check prop settings.

Autopilot bridals for capstans installed.  Had to fine tune the forward elevator bracket, but got it.  Initial autopilot calibration complete.

Shims installed on main gear.  Looks good now.

All cotter pins, etc verified in aileron and flap systems.  All turnbuckles safetied.

Left wing servo tab pushrod fabricated and installed.  Perfect.

Aileron rigging complete and dead on.

Wing tips attached with screws and not clecos :-)

What remains...

• Logbooks and paperwork pre final inspection
• Paint touch up and polishing
• Header tank sensors... figure out a new plan.
• Fuel tank calibration.  I have a sticky sensor, or a bad wire in the left aux tank
• Exterior placards (door open, fuel tanks, etc).
• Install all inspection panels after final inspection

Aileron rigging

Finally got around to rigging the ailerons.  This was complicated somewhat in that I lost one of the pushrods during the move (I think...).

But everything worked out really good, except the aileron counterweights need a bend to achieve down sufficient down aileron clearance.  Easy job.

Getting the jam nuts tightened is a challenge on the wing side.  So little room and I have big hands.  Trying to make a tool to help this this.  My friend found some wrenches and he got one side tightened up.

Had to bend the counterweights.  Done, no contact with the wingtips.

Achieved 22.5 degrees up, and 17.5 degrees down.