Cincinnati Fly In Recap

Well we’re closing down a very busy week of vacation working on the airplane. I didn’t get as much done as i would’ve liked, but we did enough to get pictures for our little fly-in. I will do a full update on what we got done soon, but in the meantime here’s a recap of […]

Canard Counterweight Fairings

The counterweight fairings need to be installed before the first flight. They are an anti-icing system that keeps the elevators from becoming jammed in flight if you pass through an icing layer. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim […]

Preparing for Terry Miles’ visit

So I’ve been slow with the updates lately. Sorry about that, but I’ve been focusing on getting things done and letting the updates slide a bit. I got my sunbrella fabric in, so Elizabeth’s mom Carolyn will be working on sewing up our winglet sun covers this week. We’re also going to be hosting Terry Miles, […]

WxWorx Receiver Installed

Here is our new GRT panel, running in anger as it were, with a good satellite lock. Next we’ll set up the weather unit and calibrate the engine instruments, and we’ll be ready to run the motor. Eat your heart out, Andy. ;-0 GRT with GPS lock GRT WX (XM) weather unit installed

Speed Brake Cutout Peeling

Here’s the first bit of paint to come off of the airplane. I say the first to avoid the disappointment if it spreads outside of the speed brake cutout. Obviously a lot of oil from our nose leak dripped out this cut out and the whole area was very very messy. We cleaned it several […]

Door Pin Covers, Part V

Here you can see our newly polished and installed door locking pin covers. Jerry does nice work with the metals. 🙂 I think this pretty much finishes up the “prepare for interior upholstering” work. Finished door pin covers For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut […]