Rans S20 – Rudder Installation
Mounted the rudder to the vertical stabilizer and assembled the necessary parts to connect the rudder to the tail wheel.
Horizontal Stabilizers
Horizontal Stabilizer Installaiton
Tail Section – Accent Painting
It’s been over a year since the horizontal stabilizers and elevators were painted metallic blue. With the wonderful expertise of Brian Story (Story’s Collision in Noblesville), we laid out the four panels in the paint booth, wrapped and taped them all, and...
Brake Line Installation
Today has been a good day. For November 6th in Indiana, you can’t ask for better weather than 58 degrees and a perfectly blue sky. I started working at 9:30am to install the brake lines up the back of the gear legs. With the help of Brian Story several weeks...
Landing Gear #2
After multiple attempts to install the 3rd party gear, I ultimately decided to return the gear for a rebuild. John was extremely helpful in working through the entire process. I spent several hours measuring holes on the S20 fuselage. However, as time passed, more...
Elevator & Rudder Connects
This post consists of all the assembly processes of all the necessary in-fuselage components to connect the rudder cables to the rudder pedals and the elevator push-pull components to connect the elevator to the control stick. Elevator Yoke Assembly – This was a...
Rudder Pedal Fit-Up
Making sure the rudder pedal set-up is properly aligned…
Boot Cowl Sides
For me, working with aluminum is very challenging. The material, although it’s flexible, it’s not very forgiving. Meaning, the holes you drill must be exact. If I’m slightly off, nothing appears to fit properly. This part of the project required a...
Bottom Boot Cowl
Because of the accurate layout of the bottom boot cowl, this project was straight-forward. Everything lined up properly. The stiffener installation was also simple. However, one question that did surfaced is related to how far back the aft edge of the bottom cowl...- Build a Christ-Centered Purpose
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