RANS S-21 (165) Inspection before the inspection

[@s-21project92]

Derek, this video is gold for us coming behind you. Great info, and thanks for posting this and Levi being willing to let you tag along with a camera!

[@simdpk]

@@s-21project92 yeah, those were some valid squawks and valuable info for sure.

[@levifischer2687]

Beautiful airplane! Thanks for letting me take a look at it!

[@simdpk]

@@levifischer2687 you kidding me, lol The thanks goes to you for taking the time. Very much appreciated.

[@cubman2711]

Great video, Derek. Good luck with your AW inspection-- great work! Randy

[@simdpk]

Thank you Randy

[@Captndarty]

Coming along quite nicely. I will say the foil on your firewall looks like it will make it very difficult to clean the grease and dust off of.

[@LTVoyager]

Did you use the RANS provided hardware to attach the control surfaces? I’ve heard mixed reviews on inspectors approving the nylon lock nuts on a rotating application like control surface hinges. I decided to buy traditional castle nuts with cotter pins to use for my control surface attachments to avoid any controversy during my inspection.

[@simdpk]

Yes, that's the RANS hardware. Thought is, you would easily check it during pre-flight, since its very visible.

[@LTVoyager]

@@simdpk True, but I believe it technically does not meet the aviation standard practices as outlined in AC43.13 since the bolts are in an assembly subject to rotation. I haven’t heard of many US DERs objecting, but many Canada builders have had issues during inspection.