Flying Wires, Engine Mount Bolts

Flying Wires

This morning I made adjustments to the flying wire attachments by squeezing them in the vice. This adjusted the angles on them and now they all align correctly. This made the empennage very rigid.

I’ll label the flying wires, check for the correct thread engagement, then remove them put them back into the plastic tube they came in for protection. They’re quite fragile items until loaded in tension.

Engine Mount Bolts

This afternoon I purchased a second torque wrench that was good up to 100 Newton meters, and torqued the firewall bolts and the 4 engine mount bolts. The lower Portside engine bolt is difficult to access and I needed to remove the oil cooler and left exhaust. I’m keeping a catalog of the bolts now as I tighten them and add split pins etc. I’m also marking them with a paint pen if it’s not obvious. This way I can track what has been done and what hasn’t.