Engine Start

We’re still working our way back. One of the clean-up items I included in my wiring upgrade was to replace the electronic ignition’s soldered-wiring connections to my crimp-on standard. This mainly because I suck at soldering, so the pins I’d added were never to my liking. Along the way I made a bad crimp, and […]

CO Guardian

Here’s some eye candy. As I mentioned, I’m getting all of my devices setup and doing our annual Condition Inspection. Here is a quick shot of our CO and blood oxygen monitor talking to our GRT HX. You can see my pulse and oxygen level in the lower lefthand corner of the EFIS screen.

Aerocomposite blades, firing up the new panel, doubts about flying to Oshkosh

The long holiday weekend is over, and I didn’t get the airplane taxi tested like I’d hoped. I really felt that I needed to do that so Elizabeth would have a couple of weekends to get comfortable flying (we’ve been down 8 months now) before trying to fly to Oshkosh. I’ve been having some trouble […]

10 Years in the making

It seems inconceivable, but today marks the 10th anniversary of this website. Of course, it looked different back then, and was a silly personal use site hosted on Road Runner, with a tiny little bit of storage and traffic limits. I’d just started using FrontPage to publish websites, and I thought my design was really slick. I was […]

FCC Radio Station license obtained

One of the trips that we very much want to make in our airplane is to the Bahamas. In order to do so legally, you need a radio station license for the aircraft. I know a lot of folks fly there without one, and don’t consider it a big deal, but I want to be legal to […]

Burt Rutan Tributes – Wired

Wired has a cute article out now where x has created Lego (TM) versions of all of Burt’s designs. It’s really pretty cool, even though the Velocity is not a Rutan design he clearly inspired Danny’s design, so check it out.