After sorting out the wiring bundle/aileron push rod interference, I decided it was time to find the correct position for the rudder pedals. Van offers two different rudder pedal options - adjustable rudder pedals, and fixed rudder pedals. The adjustable rudder pedals mount on a framework that slides fore and aft, and can be locked in any position to fit different length legs. The fixed rudder pedals can be mounted in any one of four different fore and aft positions. They can be moved between positions, but it would take a half-hour or more to reposition them, and you would need to have a supply of different length links that connect them to the rudder cables.

To fit the rudder pedals, I needed to put the front seat back in, and install the rudder. I decided to try the fit of the lower rudder tip fairing, and discovered that it hits the fuselage when the rudder is moved past two-thirds travel to the right. I don't know how I missed that before, but I'll need to do yet some more fibreglas work on it to sort it out. I'm very, very glad I discovered this before I had it painted.

I had to put the floors back in so I could install the front seat. While doing that I discovered that one of the wiring bundles on the left interfered with the passenger foot wells, which are recesses in the floor where the passengers heels go. Out came the floors again so I could move the errant wiring bundle. It was still very close to the foot well, so I encased that part of the bundle in a piece of very tough piece of reinforced plastic hose. That will ensure that the bundle doesn't get chafed.

I got very little done this weekend, due to two household plumbing tasks. Yesterday I installed a new set of faucets in the kitchen. It went very well, all in all, but it still ate up 3.5 hours, once you include the head-scratching time, and the trip to Home Depot. I was feeling pretty chuffed about doing the job with only one trip to Home Depot.

But this morning Terry noted a leak from the trap in the drain under the sink. I found the leak, and carefully made a list of the parts I would need to fix it. off to Home Depot. But when I disassembled the stuff under the sink, the flange on the drain pipe from the sink broke due to corrosion. Back to Home Depot for a new drain pipe. When I went to put things back together, I discovered that the new trap I bought had a very slightly different thread than the old elbow - I thought those things would be some sort of standard. Back to Home Depot again, for the third time. Grr. Most of the day was gone.