OK, some good news for a change. The fixes and changes are finally completed, and we (Beth) flew tonight. It’s been a long two week outage, and we’re getting ready to depart to Oshkosh on Friday, so it was particularly sweet to see her back in the air. So, how’d it go? Well, sort of a mixed […]
Read MoreOMG. Could this take any longer? Seriously. We started putting things together last night, and BINGO, the factory trim spring blasts the back of the radio. I guess my idea of “slightly left of center” and the factory’s don’t match up very well. This brings up a point that I reflect on more and more […]
Read MoreWell, we’ve been down a week now, and we’re still not ready to fly. We’re adjusting the new toe-brake system, and still have some work on the factory trim system, and then we can start putting things back together. Hopefully another couple of days will finish it up. We’ll see.
Read MoreSometimes you gotta look back and see where you’ve been. Today is the 1 year anniversary of our Airworthiness Certificate. Feels like the ink is still wet on that sucker…
Read MoreI’ve captured and put up a copy of Steve Goldman’s builder’s website up on our website, based on a request from our buddy Andy Millin. It was a great idea to capture the spirit of Steve’s project forever, and is a happy homage to the hobby and a community that he loved and enriched. We’re happy […]
Read MoreIt now seems quite likely that we’ll not have the time flown off for Oshkosh. Bummer. The brake change is just taking too long, and while we’ve got the canard and panel out, we’re changing out the nose gear shock (see the wiki). This is leading to a bunch of non-safety related fixes/changes that may be […]
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