Interior and Exterior...

We continued working hard this week on 90U, and got some good things accomplished. I got the rear part of the interior plastics fitted and ready to be painted. Now I just have to do the pieces to be installed in front of the cargo door and the pilot's door and they will be ready to paint and install. Jerry has continued working on the flight control systems. David Marwa has been doing some finishing touches on instruments and avionics and Timothy Nzomo has been doing all sorts of odd jobs keeping the project going.

Keep watching for more pictures as we start coming together with lots of stuff...sorry I haven't gotten too many pictures lately. I will do better, no worries.


Jerry Hurd, with his head buried deep into rudder pedal land. We replaced the rudder torque bars due to corrosion and JH installed them this week.

Looks good! In this area, we service the master cylinders, replace any bearings or bushings in the rudder torque bars that need replacing, and service all the chains and pulleys. It's a pretty detailed inspection.

And here he is connecting the rudder torque bars to the steering link connecting it to the nose gear assembly. This is part of the interlinkage between the nose steering, rudder pedals, and rudder control. It is a very complex system and if it is not rigged correctly, the whole steering system can be crooked.

Here's the back section of the cargo area and into the tailcone. The radios and ELT are located around the perimeter of the empennage as you can see.

And here's what it looks like when fitting interior panels. We use interiors panels from Vantage Plane Plastics. They come pre-molded and fit pretty good for the most part.

Vortex generators on the wings. Three sets get painted red where they correspond with the fuel caps. This helps the fuelers and the dispatch guys to use caution when refueling the aircraft.