Fiberglass Spool Holders

Fiberglass Spool Holders

Before Bob cut the holy crap out of his hand installing the new light switch on his hangar, he finished putting up the fiberglass spool rails. This is a copy of what the Brainards did in their shop, and will be nicer than what we’ve had in the past. This keeps the glass out of […]

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Tow Winch

Tow Winch

Here you can see we’ve purchased a radio controlled winch from Harbor Freight. It’s a 3 ton unit that we hook to the tow bar. The cable is just long enough to grab the nose wheel with the tow bar attached. Once connected, it makes short (OK, not long) work of pulling the plane in […]

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Cessna Style Tow Bar Rigging

Cessna Style Tow Bar Rigging

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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Pilot’s Lounge

Pilot’s Lounge

So I’m a bit OCD when it comes to some things. There are some things that I’ve done to the hangar that are just for me. Sure they have some usefullness, but they just make it feel “professional” to me. To that end, I’ve labelled the field’s frequencies on both sides of the pilot’s lounge/shop […]

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Hangar Door Brushes

Hangar Door Brushes

The weather finally warmed up enough on a weekend that we wanted to open the doors. So we decided to start installing our brushes to keep the birds and peebles out of the hangar. We haven’t gotten any visitors yet here, but the birds were a constant problem in the old hangar. Also, Bob and […]

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Shop Radio

Shop Radio

The weather finally warmed up enough on a weekend that we wanted to open the doors. So we decided to start installing our brushes to keep the birds and peebles out of the hangar. We haven’t gotten any visitors yet here, but the birds were a constant problem in the old hangar. Also, Bob and […]

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