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Who built your panel?

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9:25 Your quality inspector is calling for you in the background here...

That was a great show and awesome meeting you and the rest of the builders. Reg brake cable, thanks to Steve’s comment on the interior, I started doing my own thing. I actually reversed the lever, to actuate it from the inside. Would you like my coffee mug? ;)

I have a Rans coffee cup😉

Those cables were a bit of a pain. Looking good though 👍

Thank you for posting I was really scratching my head on how the pulley system went together

I recall reading those holes for the ignition wires in the baffle were from the original design where two coils were mounted on the front of the engine and two in the back. Also the spark plug boots slide off the ignition wires.

Just FYI: Battery-side of the master solenoid is in fact a direct connection to the battery, as it would share a post on the master switch with the battery, and the master solenoid wouldn't be in play at all. The other side of the master solenoid would go to the positive bus, and which would be switched.

Love your videos 👌

Congrats on that milestone Ted. The loss of a little room in the shop is compensated by the looks of a real airplane 🤩

Exciting progress, have you sat in the seat and made engine noises yet?

Is all this baffling just to route the air intake from the coweling around the engine and then to the underside?

On the left front engine baffle and the 'mystery' plate that it bolted to the front left side of your engine with 4 bolts. Wouldn't that be where your prop gov for your CS prop goes? I'm thinking that's why the cover plate. And about that bracket on the front top of your engine, have you thought about turning that upside down and fastening that to your front baffling without that small plate you made?

Hopefully you dremeled the small notch in the hole your rivnut goes into. I put the small notch in, plus i use a dab of JB weld, otherwise your rivnut can spin, and you wont like that, trust me!

Laces forward😉you shouldnt have to trim any material, or make any cuts. I used my soldering iron with pointy tip and cauterize a hole for the rivet.

My humble suggestion is to sans the LSE and go with a set of Emags.

Keep it up! Nice work...

I remember those baffles being quite tedious. Now I’m working on the baffle seals and they’re not much better, lol Looks good 👍

I got the beer and more chips.

Think about the seatbelt bolts now.

think rans would had these holes already drilled.

Really like the blue interior.

Looking good Ted!

some progress is still better than no progress. Glad you are still chipping away toward completing the aircraft. Happy Holiday!!

Good Stuff Cliff, keep up the good work. I get my kit in February so my saga will begin soon.

I believe that somewhere in one of the manuals it is suggested that you read the entire manual before starting your build. I did that and made mental notes on areas where things could be done in a better sequence. And before I start each step, I read through the entire section and think about the sequence before I do any riveting or otherwise permanently affix anything. I am sure that I have spent an hour reviewing the manuals for every hour I’ve spent in the shop. However, it has paid off with only a couple of areas where I painted myself into a corner. One thing I decided to do was fit the interior parts before I riveted the exterior skins. I am very glad I did that as parts of the console installation and side panels were far easier to do with access from the outside.

A note on your antenna doubler plates: it is good practice to round the corners so you don’t have a sharp point to dig into the skin and create a stress concentration.

Given that the cage is powdercoated, there is not really a need to prime the mounting plate.

Did the same thing as you did on the edge of the plate cutting into the tank. Fortunately didn't cut through the tank but I did fill the area with epoxy.

I appreciate your time you put in the video!!

I'm trying this for thanksgiving. It looks delicious.

Great videos, thank you. Did you use a brake to make the pitot tube bracket?

will try your chowder receipt. how's going with the build?

And what happened to the chip and other debris from drilling the air vent? Use a shop vac through the fuel cap hole?

When making any cuts in the tank, like for the gas cap, I wonder about dust and chips the cutting process. Did you just vacuum them out? How you know you got all of them, all the way out to the edges of the tank? ... Ah, I saw a line in the instructions that says to use a shop vac. I guess if it doesn't get all the debris, it'll get caught in the fuel filter.

nice! everything power on on the first try.

DIY electrical wiring and avionics are definitely overwhelming for first time builder who are not experienced in this area. I took EAA online Sport Air Electrical wiring and Avionic class; it went through in more details from the basics, reading schematic, tools for the job, etc. one of the sections that will worth more than the cost of the class is "troubleshooting" Highly recommended for the first time builder who want to DIY avionics harness, installation and electrical wiring.

Can you name the builder log you mentioned in the video? the one posted on the EAA website. i would like to take a look at his build order and placement of the components

it seems like you are getting more comfortable with this homebuilt plane to come up with solutions and homemade tool such as your hole finder, nice trick

thank you for adding your comment at the end of the videos. but like Martin's comment, builder's videos like yours are the best resources when one is stuck with unclear or conflicting instructions from the manual. thanks for taking the time to make this video. LOL, your cat is begging for your attention.

nice trick on getting the main wheel rim seated by pumping air. too bad it would have been very interesting to see the tire pop in place in action. I wish you could've point out where you got stuck when installing tail wheel. i am sure other first time builder would have got stuck at the same place.

Thanks for getting into the gear assembly; for first time builder, it is hard to do things that are not described in the instruction manual. This video is definitely helpful and a good head up.

you certainly did your homework and research before you do the build. good point on avionic components and antenna installation before closing up the tail cone. builder will definitely need to plan ahead to install these for the kind of operation and panel for their build.

Thanks for pointing out the "gotcha" and the lesson learned. This is valuable.

Thanks for pointing out where the manual instructions are not clear so these will give first time builder a heads up during their build. nice tip on the cleaning product, will definitely give Bar Keepers Friend a try. looking forward to other videos in your channel. Nice job!

Thanks for sharing and pointing out places where instruction manual are not clear. I am taking a lot of notes and am learning a lot from your videos; trim servo tip, counter weight, and the safety wire for the hinge pins. Nice job on the video and the build. at 16:56, when you demo the rivet wedge, you had the flat side of the wedge the other way around. the rivet gun need to contact on the flat surface of the rivet wedge. minor detail.

thanks for pointing out the "Gotcha" part of your build and show the handy tool to make the build easier and faster. minor comment on the video editing, when you use video camera to look at the drawing, all of them are blurry and I can't make out what's on the drawing. maybe take a still picture and edit into the video so it's clear to read? just a suggestion.

nice tip on the stainless-steel bolts. I will definitely consider this when I build mine. thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next video

nice job on the shop table. looks like this is going to be a standard shop table instead of EAA recommended table for building the S21