What a weekend. The weather was miserably rainy and cool, but we got all of the Fox into the new hangar, and got 10 light fixtures in both hangars over the weekend. We also got a new compressor delivered, a nice high-flow Kobalt unit, and some shelving. We also got the heater mounted in the […]
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So, I built my plane almost exclusively with electric tools, but the wing repair and painting process did teach me the value of having a decent compressor and tools. So, I got a nice 80 gallon Kobalt high-flow air compressor from Lowes, which will be more than adequate for my needs, and should be plenty to […]
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So, we’ve been really busy this week, but not building. We’re fully in ‘move to the new hangars’ mode, and man do we have a bunch of stuff in that hangar. Bob and Jerry are going to use the hangar next to our new one, and will start finishing and painting his wings in the […]
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The shop is one of the best aspects of this (rather time-consuming) hangar move. The office is a full 1/2 of a standard T hangar, pre insulated and air conditioned, with a exterior door as well as one to the hangar side. As I mentioned in the electric section, it was pre-wired with a bunch […]
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As I mentioned, we have 240V service in the new hangar, and the shop has been wired with about a dozen circuits, which is nice, though they’re only on two walls. We’ll be adding some circuits to the other walls, and we’ve added (240V electric) heating to the already installed air conditioning. Sadly, I didn’t […]
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As I mentioned, we have 240V service in the new hangar, and the shop has been wired with about a dozen circuits, which is nice, though they’re only on two walls. We’ll be adding some circuits to the other walls, and we’ve added heating to the already installed air conditioning. We’ve also installed 10 double […]
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