5th day of building off and on....

Its deer season in Georgia so the build has slowed a bit. Last night (Monday) I began the completion of the landing gear. I had to wait on my wheels to come via UPS. The larger tires required wheel pant trims but did not change the beauty of the plane. The sullivan lite tires worked best. The Dubro Big Wheels were a bit wide so they was placed aside for my next adventure.

Over the weekend I fabricated the choke on a servo; however, the rigid pull of the choke was a significant factor to go with a manual choke. The DLE 35 has a "port" on the engine which lines up with the anticipated travel of a manual choke rod. It works great as a guide for a short manual choke. The problem with the manual choke rod was possible vibration. My solution was to "scrunch" some fuel tube down the forward end of the rod and top it off with a quick connect. The quick connect keep the fuel tube scrunched and vibration should be greatly minimized. Also the quick connect works well to reach in and grip. .

Last night I also mounted the ignition to the firewall. I wanted the ignition very secure so heavy zips were used. There was no place on the firewall to run the zips so I used an old deer stand trick. I split a zip and drill a hole for a servo screw at each end. Attach each non functional end and bring them together as a regular zip tie. This trick works very well with confined spaces and the need for tightness when attachment points do not exist. The trick is very strong.The fuel tank instalation went ok. I used new EVOLUTION gas tubing. Its fairly new to the market and Im giving it a whirl. I placed a fuel port on the fuse in a functional area. My gas filter count at this point is I think 5. I have a felt clunk/filter on the carb line and 2 filters on the fill. My switches for the Rec and Ignition are on both sides of the fuse. Some hide there switches inside which is fine. Im a man of function so the fuse mounted switches are for me. Also each switch has a charging port so I can charge as needed without taking off the roof top.