Seat Hardpoints, Hangar Floor

Seat hard-points are installed, and the seats dry-fit, and the hangar floor pictures posted finally.       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 […]

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Glare Shield Fabrication

Glare Shield Fabrication

OBSOLETE – see new section I’m not sure what other folks do for their glare shields, and the directions in the manual are pretty skimpy. What I’ve decided to do is this, I’ll brace the back (it tends to droop) with two aluminum plates that mount to the fuselage just in front of the windscreen, and add […]

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Catto Prop Ordered, Blue Mountain Deposit

Big week here. We’re heading to Texas for a long weekend, but we’ve made some major purchases. First we ordered a Catto propeller with a Saber extension and a Ken Miller inverse taper spinner. We’ll try this fixed pitch combo since it’s much cheaper, and everybody that has one swears by them, and it should help us a bit on the high end. […]

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Seats Completed by Oregon Aero

Things are moving along now, our seats have come back from Oregon Aero, and they are very well done! I’ve installed the LCD screens back into the headrests of the front seats and tested them again. Also, electrical work continues, wiring is complete on the Master Switch, dome lights, roll trim, and speed brake.

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2004 – N5439N – Charles Bracken – Berkut – Lapeer, MI – 0

2004 – N5439N – Charles Bracken – Berkut – Lapeer, MI – 0

Charles’ Berkut was gorgeous, and a common attendee at many of our local fly-ins. She was lost after impacting wires in the area of Dupont-Lapeer Airport. I was sorry to see her go down, and Charles get hurt. However, he’s back in the air after buying a David Lind built Longeze. Read Charles’ account. (NTSB […]

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Seat Belts

Seat Belts

We’ve purchased automotive seat belts in a matching gray color for our interior. We’ve also mounted the hardpoints to mount them to. In the front the shoulder hardpoint is in the rollover beam, and then the lower hardpoints mount to the keel and side of the fuselage, respectively. In the rear, the lower hardpoints are […]

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