Tonight (and last night), I spent time installing the seatbelts. These are 5-point Hooker harnesses, and they look great! The install was a case of simply bolting each point on, and touring the nuts. Except, the bushings on some of the points needed to be ground down to be able to fit within the various hard points on the aircraft.
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on installing the interior. This is a kit from Classic Aero, and everything is well designed and manufactured.
There are a number of holes to be drilled, fittings to install, and a few minor adjustments. The kit comes with a set of templates which make locating the holes a non-issue. Once the fittings are installed, the various components can be fitted into position. Most attach with simple studs and bolts, and some pop rivets here and there.
This wasn’t weeks worth of work, but chipping away in the evenings, I spent around 8-10 hours in total.
With everything installed, the interior looks amazing. Unfortunately I have to uninstall most of it so I can complete the wing attach, so after verifying I had all the right parts, and that the fit correctly, a lot of the components came right back out again.
I’m glad I tackled this now, because I found that the seatbelts were not in the kit. A quick email exchange with Classic Aero, and they confirmed they had forgotten to order the seatbelts. The placed the order, and they should be here in 3-4 weeks.
