Sunday, September 3, 2017

Empennage, Aft Fuselage (Part 33)

I was able to make lots of progress today!  I did, however, deviate slightly from the plans.  The plans have you insert the F-01486A-L and F-01486B-L Stiffeners into the slots of the F-01407 and F-01408 Bulkheads.  Once that is done, you install the wires and then the Side Skin.  I felt it would be a little easier to install the Side Skin first in order to hold the Stiffeners in place.  Here is what it looks like.....


Below are the first two "systems" to be installed.....the WH-00057 Aft Fuselage Harness (left) and the WH-00059 Phone Cable (right).  

Here are both systems loosely installed in their routing aft.  The Phone Cable, C1036 wire, and the C1037 wire are routed through the Right Bellcrank Rib (left as you look at it) and the remaining wires of the Harness are routed through the Left Bellcrank Rib (right as you look at it).  Then, up the F-01407 Bulkhead, down the F-01486A-L Stiffener, through the F-01408 Bulkhead, F-01410 Bulkhead, and back to the F-01411 Bulkhead.

Here are a couple pictures of the Harness routing....



The next systems to be installed were the Rudder Cables (coiled silver wires), ADSB cable (gold color cable on the lower left), and ELT Cable (gold colored cable on the upper right).

The last system that needs to be installed is the Static System, which I will do tomorrow.  Once the Static System is installed, I can start riveting  everything together.