| This past three days has been a 'chore' ! On Tues I decided I would 'clean up all of the squawks associated with installing the |
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| panelinto the airframe. I had 2 issues, XM weather, and WAAS GPS. Initially I thought it was antenna/coax/connecter related. |
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| After 2 day's of trouble shooting and phone calls /w Op tech support, I've still got the same two problems. It was really getting me |
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| down and buggin me. Althought I don't need either for 1st flight, I promised myself that on the heels of Dan Lloyd, I would fix |
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| everything befor flying. I still intend to do that only, I needed to step away from it for a few days. so today, I fabricated some door |
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| locks for the Coss flush door handles. I really copied what another builder Gary Foster did. Gary's great at developing these |
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| 'solutions' essentially it amounted to cutting and reshaping the locking lever that comes with the key/locks to clear the 'drum' |
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| then tapping the drum at its bottom point when the doors are closed for a # 8 hex head screw, Then inserting the screw, |
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| trimming the hex screw so that the excess threads don't project into the drum, and securing it w/ Red Locktite. Then I found a |
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| piece of 3/16" alum angle and cut a piece to form a tab that would contact the hex set screw. I riveted the 3/16" to the lock lever |
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| using AN4 rivets, filed the whole shebang until all surfaces were flush, and the lever/tab just cleared the set screw. Works Great! |
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| repeated for other door, and temp installed handles with 1/4" standoffs. |
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