I haven't gotten much done lately, mostly because I've been waiting on random parts or hardware to arrive. Today I finished up the backup canopy latch. This is just a bar that rotates under the roll bar as a backup to the main canopy latch hooks. I'll have to figure out a way to protect the roll bar from the latch. As-is the paint on the roll bar will get destroyed pretty quick. I have some 1/8" UHMW plastic that I might attach to the roll bar for the latch to seat against.
I measured the routing for the throttle and mixture cables about 1000x over the past few weeks and finally bit the bullet and ordered them from McFarlane. Technically I needed 46" and 47" cables, but the choice was to order those lengths as custom builds or just try to make do with their standard 48" cables. Given that the cost of the custom lengths was 2-3x as expensive, I decided I'd figure out how to deal with a little extra length! McFarlane now makes a new type of vernier cable that is all the rage called a vernier assist cable. It's hard to explain the difference, but it essentially makes large push/pull actions doable without needing to push a button, like with standard vernier. It still allows fine adjustments by turning the knob as well. I received the cables today, and they are definitely the best of the best. They are buttery smooth compared to other cables I've tried.
