9 hours.<\/p>\n
Nine. Hours. I had a list, a big one. Much things to do. Because I’m utterly beat, I’m not going to boil it down to bare essentials. Most of the morning I spent chasing the elusive sub-$100 engine hoist. This was not to be found anywhere west of Covina, so I settled on secondary prey: A replacement for my ailing cordless drill. The 14v DeWalt served well for 15 years, but now it drains batteries, the motor’s getting weak, and the replacement batteries only lasted about a year. So today, I picked up the ultimate badass cordless drill, a Makita BDF451. 18v, 3 speeds, and the torque of a 71 Chevelle SS. This hunt took most of the morning. I didn’t get on the stick until about 11am, which sucked, because like I said, I had a list. <\/p>\n
David was due to arrive at about 1pm, but before, I got the tank brackets drilled, and a few other things. Honestly, I was doing so much stuff, I forgot exactly what I did and in what order, but these are the things that got done:<\/p>\n
Vent lines made
\nFuel lines trimmed, ends fitted
\nCanopy pushrod remade (because of the spacers I had to put on the c-611 blocks)
\nRudder cable links made (should be using AN turnbuckles, those links are stupid)
\nTank bracket platenuts installed
\nTriangles marked on wings for belly skin lineup<\/p>\n
This process was not without its setbacks. Braided steel hose sucks to work with, and we’ve got the poked fingers to prove it. <\/p>\n
I got pictures and video, I’ll post them tomorrow when I’m not too tired to think straight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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