Aircraft Tie Downs

For tie-downs, we really liked a plane at Osh Kosh’s solution (I think it was Dave Scharfenberg’s Velocity, but I apologize if I mis-attributing that…). This system uses a rotating tie-down that is retracted for flight. There’s a bolt that arrests the tie-downs travel in both directions, and has a finger notch that protrudes below the wing surface […]

Fuel System Complete

Fuel chapter Complete (shut-off valve and bulkhead fittings)! Main wing tie-downs completed! Door switches and handles installed. 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. […]

Finish Installing the Beams

This section was primarily finished as part of the fast-build fuselage, however we did glass the front of the strake forward face with 2 BID, and layup 4 Uni plys onto the carbon beam and inside to the back wall of the strake forward face.

Door Lock, Springs, Fuel Shut-Off

Pilot door lock installed, door springs installed, canard front attach tabs installed, rear bulkhead started, and Fuel Shut-off valve control. 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. […]

Install Door Gas Springs

The gas springs are surprisingly easy to install. First you drill and tap a couple of thin hardpoints, and flox and BID them onto the carbon beams about 14″ up from the door pin. Once cured, the BID and the beam are drilled through were the spring ball will screw into the hard point, and […]

Pilot Door Security Lock

The Pilot door security lock was completed as part of the fast build fuselage option at the factory. However, we decided to install our door switches on the security lock, this way we will know not only that the doors are closed and latched, BUT ALSO that the security latch is engaged. We chose this […]