Preparing the Doors

Here are the doors stripped down. I need to redo the lock on the pilot door, it’s jammed up and not working properly. We’ll probably hold painting them until the fuselage is good to go. Door interior Door Exterior

Wing Painting Complete

May’s gone, and so is wing painting. I’m going out of town this week on business (first trip to Utah), but the boys promise to sand the pilot side wing in my absence. That’s the sign of a real friend, there, folks. This weekend we reprimed, sanded, and painted the pilot side wing. We also […]

Painting the Pilot Wing

This weekend we reprimed, sanded, and painted the pilot side wing. We also patched the panel opening where the Blue Mountain lived, making way for the new goodies. Up next, install the GRT Horizon HX (shipping this week!) and preparing the fuselage for paint. Painted pilot wing Bottom Painted pilot wing Top

Patching Panel for Upgrades

Well, last week I took the remaining dregs of the Blue Mountain EFIS out of the plane, and finallized the EIS wiring. I’ve made an aluminum template for the new GRT Horizon HX system, as well as the 2 1/4″ backup gauges that I’m going to install (airspeed and altimeter for now – and YES […]

Priming the Pilot Wing

So, you get the idea at this point. This wing was in pretty good shape, but there were several “dimples” that needed filling (most of which actually got filled), and a couple of spots on the outboard end that needed some real (not a ton, but a fair amount of) fill. We filled it, and […]

Canard Buffed and Polished

Well, we’ve wet sanded and buffed both the copilot wing and canard, and they look sharp. They are way better than I thought we could do on our own, even though there are still some blemishes here and there, I’m quite pleased. Copilot So today I borrowed my mother-in-law’s car (with trailer hitch-thanks!) and we took them […]