Wanted to work on the controls today - so had some fun. Had to sand off a heap of powder coat paint - that was painful. The bushings easily slid in and out of their cups, so had to peen the cups with a punch to get them to stick in good. Then used a Sunnen pin hone to hone the bronze bushings to size so the control horns slid through.

One of the more painful things to do so far is drilling threw the stick and control horn assemblies. The control horn pivot is reaaaally hard and I had to up-drill considerably, which took a very long time. Finally finished up the entire control assembly though. Found a discrepancy in the drawings. The bolts for the control rod link called out are much longer than the ones in the drawing. The ones in the drawing are about 1/2 the length. Found some the correct length as shown in the drawing in my extra bolts kit from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty. Glad I ordered that kit!

Started working on the Mixer assembly after finishing up the control triangle. Got the bushings pressed in and honed. Was going to assemble - then noticed the taper pin. Decided to call it a night and investigate tomorrow.