Copilot Wing White Coat Finished

So, the co-pilot side (damaged) wing has been polished, buffed, and covered in plastic. It’s done, ready to get the N number and go on. She looks good. Really good, in fact, and better than I really thought we’d get on our own. It’s not perfect, though, and we’ll get a professional paint job some […]

Spraying White onto Repaired Copilot Wing

We sprayed white on the (repaired) copilot wing today, “officially” completing the wing repairs. A bit of touch up and we’re on to the canard. Painting. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam […]

Paint and Buff CoPilot Wing

Today we built a “tilting frame” for the wing so we can paint basically on 45 degree inclines instead of directly up and down. It’s basically an A frame with a tie-off point so we can stop the rotation. We also put a 1″x3″ in the aileron well and rested it on a sawhorse. We […]

My and Elizabeth’s 1 Year Anniversary

Those of you that have been keeping score know that today is Beth and I’s 1 year anniversary. It also happens that I’m taking my spring break this week, so we hope to make some good progress on the painting and basement this week. Today, before shutting it down for our ‘date’, we sprayed the […]

First Coat of White

Our top coat is Nason 2k Ful-thane, the factory recommended paint, in “snow white”. Here are a couple of shots of the copilot aileron curing. Jerry is starting to get a feel for it now. By the time we get to paining his plane it should be old hat. Painted Aileron (copilot) note the reflections, […]

Intercom Audio Adapter

We purchased this intercom audio adapter from Spruce to allow us to record live intercom audio for later video post-production of our flights. Intercom Audio Adapter