Preparing for 2010 Condition Inspection

This weekend we’re finishing up the last of the details before we start our condition inspection and new instrument panel tuning and setup. Since we’ve installed a new GRT Horizon HX to replace our BMA, we’ll need to completely configuration, and our transponder/pitot-static needs to be re-certified. As a happy stroke of luck, it seems […]

Door Pin Covers, Part IV

We brought the fuselage back to the hangar today. The airport was great about letting us store it, the canard, and the cowling in the back of the FBO’s hangar to give us a little more space, and not have to worry about overspray (and about painting in our hangar generally). Jerry worked on installing […]

Cabin Heating Improvements

No picutres yet, but Bob has been glassing in a flox flange below the flapper valve that seals off of the overboard hot air dump duct. This never quite sealed right, but we didn’t consider it a big deal when we had a ton of NACA air to supply. Now that we’ll only have bilge […]

More Interior Details

So where did my winter go? We’re about to start March, and I fully expected that we’d have the plane back together by now, if not already asked Dave to come up from big D to fly her. We’re making nice steady progress, and I’m really happy about how things are coming out, it’s just […]

Engine Air Cleaner – Round

Obsolete: We are currently running without an air filter as it restricted engine RPM. We’ve decided to redo our engine air system and include a air filter, though it isn’t specifically called for in the manaul. Along the way I’m adding side diverging exits from the NACA ducts, and redoing our cooling plenum to allow for […]

Cabin Heat Test

Here you can see we’ve cleaned up the heater installation a bit, and removed the oil lines to the “standard” NACA location. We’re going to set up so we can recirc air through the cabin, to the heating element, and back to the cabin, or dump the heat overboard. I’m actually not sure how effective […]