Strake Repair

Strake Repair

You can’t quite tell in the preceding pictures, but there was an error in our pilot side lower strake alignment. This was due to a couple of things that those following us should take care to avoid. Here are some tips, watch-outs, and screw-ups made: There is no specific mention of the fact that the […]

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Strake Windows and Door Close-Out

Strake Windows and Door Close-Out

Also, we decided to do a couple of optional operations to our stakes at this point. The first was install an extra set of bulkheads inside of the door to give us a pocket for fuel testing, etc. This pocket was also completed with a drain in case rain or dew were to condense in […]

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Original Electrical Schematics

Original Electrical Schematics

Here are the power distribution sheets for our aircraft, as well as the Approach Hub wiring diagrams. Essential Power and Battery Bus Main Power Bus Sheet 1 Main Power Bus Sheet 2 Main Power Bus Sheet 3 Main Power Bus Sheet 4                 For formatting only Lorem ipsum […]

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Strake Rear and Outboard Seals

Strake Rear and Outboard Seals

Once the airplane is rolled over, the top strake to spar join is made by filling the recess between with micro and covering with two BID. Then the Outboard and rear bulkheads can have their top to strake skin bonds laid up. Also, while the plane was upside down we made a repair to the pilot […]

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Seat Foam

Seat Foam

We’ve decided on Oregon Aero to do our upholstery and temper foam the seats. They were nice enough to offer to ship us their “standard Velocity” foam package at no charge to see if that would meet our need, or allow us to give them input for our seats. We’ll ship them the seats for custom foam […]

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Seat Upholstery

Seat Upholstery

Currently taking bids on the seats, consequently we’ve begun work on the LCD display mounts for the seatbacks. We will be installing a DVD system for the rear seat passengers. We ended up going with Oregon Aero for our upholstery, and picked some nice grays for the interior color. This theme will be matched throughout the cabin. They custom […]

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