Wing jacks, fuel lines | 9.6.2020

We'd seen a few solutions for wing jacks, and it looked like the simplest (and cheapest!) option was to fabri-cobble something together out of Harbor Freight long ram jacks and wood. These won't be used to hold the plane up for multiple days at a time, and we can use blocking as necessary for longer duration lifts. We built two out of a few 2x4s and two of these jacks. Fun fact: the warning sticker on them literally says "Do not use for aircraft purposes." Lucky for us, this isn't actually an aircraft... yet. Sure, that's what we'll go with.

From there, I took a look at the battery shelf, figuring out where that would fit, and how the battery would attach. Did a quick balance on the elevator to see what it would need for weight (called Velo on this later).

After the investigative work, I finished plumbing the fuel lines from the strake tanks (the things sticking out from the fuselage above) to the sump tank inside the cabin.

Completed fuel lines (blue fittings, aluminum lines)

I also verified the seat hardpoint install in the rear, and checked the seat support fabrication, both of which looked great.

Emily worked on templates for the seat foam and disassembled the pilot seat that the Stabells had made to see technique and prep for creating her own.