Here you can see we’ve rigged up a standard Cessna Style tow bar to use on our airplane. Right now we’re using the standard stand-offs that we rigged up for the nose pant, but I can see we’re bending these already, so we’re going to make some solid AL 3/4″ versions to use. Once we’re […]
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This didn’t really fit anywhere else, but we finally bought a tow bar. It’s a Cessna Style, and we’re using our nose pant standoff and some washers as the attachment point for the tow bar. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore […]
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Here you can see we reconnected our panel vents. This is simply a 1.25″ T from Lowes that I sanded two sides of down for the smaller SCAT ducting. 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 […]
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After we painted the airplane, and I saw this style dataplate on my buddy Mark Riley’s airplane, I had to upgrade to it. It’s a custom Velocity data plate, engraved with our information! I’ve added another view where hopefully you can read the entries. We set our gross weight to 3,100 lbs, though we don’t […]
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The counterweight fairings need to be installed before the first flight. They are an anti-icing system that keeps the elevators from becoming jammed in flight if you pass through an icing layer. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim […]
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Here I’ve run new hoses to the shut-off valves, and from the new long-range T connectors to the quick-disconnect fittings (dripless). I’m really happy with how this turned out, and it should give us total flexibility on baggage versus fuel capacity, and when the long range tanks are in, they should fill and drain just […]
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