Airworthiness Received

Very scary! OK, so having your air-worthiness inspection on Friday the 13th doesn’t sound all that smart, but it worked out and N44VF is officially an airplane – a tangible asset with value – not a project, a kit, a time or money hole. I know because I got this pink sheet of paper from […]

FAA Inspection Scheduled

AA inspection is scheduled for Friday the 13… is that bad? Wish us luck. 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 corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis […]

2006 – N337DS – Bill Oertel – AeroCanard – Chandler, AZ – 0

Bill’s loss of power accident was apparently caused by the failure to replace a fuel cap after refueling at Chandler. See the write up below. | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 | Bill Oertel Friends, Because so many of you are asking me questions, because there really are safety […]

Interior Door Cover, Part I

The door cover panels are pre-molded by the factory. There’s a hump where the door handle comes through, but figuring out where exactly was a bit challenging, so I ended up needing to close up my first hole a bit. Also, stealing an idea from my buddy Andy, I used left-over foam with a light BID […]

Ready to Taxi

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FAA Airworthiness Paperwork Submitted

FAA paperwork is mailed off to Stan Faske in the Cincinnati Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). We removed the whiskey compass (too much interference, it’ll probably move overhead), moved the BMA EFIS/One’s magnetometer to the strake, added bumpouts on the keel for the Strong Pitch Trim system (it was limiting aileron deflection slightly), installed trailing edge fences, recalibrated the fuel […]