Well, I’m still waiting on my third display from Grand Rapids, so I’ve been working around it by finding other bits to work on. Mostly I’ve been trying to make sure we’re ready for Dave Spano’s visit later this week, he’ll be handling our interior upholstery, and will be coming in to get some measurements. […]
Read MoreWork is progressing nicely, though I’m still waiting on some parts, so I’ve moved ahead with some other details. Andy likes to call me Mr. MightAsWell, and here are a couple of bits that fall into that category. First, my brake lines originally came into the cockpit with my engine controls and snaked up to […]
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UPDATE: Here is a link to these installed in the interior section. I’d previously bought green “Street GLow” LED light strips for my fuel gauge lighting, hooked to a Superior Panel dimmer, but now all of the rest of the interior lighting is in either blue or aviation white/blue so I’m changing these out as well. I’ve […]
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Updating the panel is turning into a bit of a drawn out affair. However, I am making progress. Here you can see where I’ve extended the edges of the panel so they fit very nicely to the sides of the fuselage. I may have even made these too tight for the interior, time will tell. […]
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As I mentioned in the blog, I’ve decided to move my brake line exit from by the pilot seat to forward of the canard bulkhead. This will allow a much cleaner interior installation, and the brake lines will come through the same bulkhead opening as the wiring, which I’ve added some windlace (from the doors) […]
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I noticed one day that Mark had posted a fix for a problem he was having with his doors. It seemed surprisingly like one were were having, namely that the outside door handle was rubbing and leaving marks on the outside skin paint. When he pulled his doors, he found that the foam was crushed […]
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