Author: Dave

Elevator Trim Servo Bracket Assembly

This evening I took the primed parts for the elevator trim servo system and assembled them. All rivets were squeezed using the longeron die to get around the tall flanges on the bracket itself. Time this evening: 2.5 hrs.

The initial rivets
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Push-Pull Rod brackets installed
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Servo and servo linkage installed
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Torque Sealed the servo mounting nuts
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Sunrise, Sunset

Last week I was on the Mississippi gulf coast for work. Since the weather was so beautiful there I made sure to get out as much as I could. I took these pictures at sunrise and sunset, respectively, on Tuesday February 16, 2016. The temperature there was in the high 60s and low 70s in the day time.

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PC Repairs

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Last week the power supply on my PC died. Not sure if this was just an end of life thing or due to heavy loading from my new video card and the various upgrades I have made over the last few years.

Anyway, I received the replacement power supply this week and got around to installing it today. While I had the PC torn apart I took the opportunity to drain and flush the liquid cooling system and replace the coolant.

After purging the air from the cooling system, I fired it up and everything worked fine. Hopefully this will be good for a few more years.