Upholstered Glare Shield

You can see this under the “New Panel” section as well, but here is our finished glare cover from FlightLine Interiors. 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 […]

Third Panel, Part IV

I’m almost ready to start putting the panel back together. I’ve floxed bars into the sides of the fuselage to tie into the bar on the bottom of the panel. Hopefully this will stiffen it enough to allow it to be used to rack your seat fore and aft. I’ve also covered the panel in […]

Interior Door Cover widening

I decided that one of my covers wasn’t quite good enough of fit for upholstery, so I added a little material all of the way around it, and then sanded it back until it fit very nicely. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et […]

Beginning the end

We got our Grand Rapids parts in last week, along with our upholstered glare shield, so I spent most of the weekend working on the wiring harness. This week I’m traveling again for work, but Elizabeth had Dave down from Chicago to measure for the interior upholstery. It also looks like the new Approach cables […]

Project Management

Lately I’m struck by how I’m more of a project manager than a builder. I’m not sure even the blog gives folks the sense of all of the balls that are up-in-the-air at any one time. To give you a sense, right now: Our glare shield has been upholstered by Flightline Interiors and is in transit back […]

AeroComposites Propeller Ordered (hydraulic constant-speed)

Big news today, we’ve ordered our CS propeller! This is really exciting for us, and will greatly extend the utility of our airplane. This doesn’t mean that our Catto prop isn’t a really good propeller, it is, but it’s like riding a BMX bike versus a 10 speed – it’s only got one gear. We […]