Door Pin Covers, Part IV

We brought the fuselage back to the hangar today. The airport was great about letting us store it, the canard, and the cowling in the back of the FBO’s hangar to give us a little more space, and not have to worry about overspray (and about painting in our hangar generally). Jerry worked on installing […]

Luggage Shelf, Part III

We’ve started installing these baggage tie downs, and I’m putting three across the front of the shelf and three on the shelf, as well as two up high in the back (and there pairs at the back of the strake openings). These will give us several options for tying down luggage. Baggage shelf cargo […]

Door Pin Covers, Part III

Here we’re finally getting to potting the door pins into attractive shapes under the pin covers with flox. Not only do these look much nicer, the flush finish keeps them from goring your butt when you’re getting in and out of the airplane. Jerry did a really nice job of fitting the pins to the […]

Window Frames, Part II

Here I’m working on the windshield frames. Unlike the main windows, my stock parts seem to fit OK, so I’m just trimming them to fit, with a slight lip under the removable overhead switch panel, and two screws at the bottom like the mains. The copilot side needed just a bit extra glass to give […]

Door Pin Covers, Part II

We worked on the door covers some more today, and should be ready to pot them in tomorrow. I also put the cylinder band heaters on the cylinders (which went pretty well aside from #3 which really didn’t want to wrap around). I’ll put the sump heater on tomorrow. We also covered all of the […]

Window Frames, Part I

I tried to fit the window covers to the windows. Like my buddy Andy, I wasn’t happy with how they fit, and I had to do covers for the strake windows anyway, so I elected to make my own covers. The West epoxy didn’t seem to want to stick Triax on the ceiling, though, so […]