Getting another camera

Since I like sharing our travels almost as much as going places in the airplane, and based on some other folk’s success, I’m getting another HD camera, the GoPro Hero2. This one will be mounted, using Bob Jackson’s Sky-3D camera mounting system, under the wing. The video below, taken by Darrell Kufalk, used the suction cup mount, but […]

Main wheel alignment

Check out this maintenance update to see our tire change and main wheel alignment update. Our alignment was never quite right, and we wore the insides of our tires out prematurely because of it.

MT Prop Test Run 1

I got our building buddy Jerry Brainard to come by the hangar this afternoon to check the operation of the new MT with me, just to make sure the prop cycled properly and didn’t leak or do anything untoward. My first impression was it feels bigger than the Catto, though I haven’t checked and don’t […]

MT Propeller installed

We got our MT prop and governor mounted on the fox this week with the help of Jason at the airport maintenance shop. Its spinner mounts a little closer to the cowling than our Catto, so I need to clean the cowling just a bit before reinstalling it and running the engine to check the […]

MT Propeller Arrives

I covered this on the blog, but we’re going to be installing a new MT hydraulically-actuated propeller this weekend with help from the airport’s maintenance shop. The constant-speed propeller will allow us a lot of utility that we didn’t have with the Catto, though the plane performed pretty well on the fixed-pitch Catto. We have a […]

Improved Cooling Part II

I’m almost done with my modifications to my plenum to improve the cooling air seal. I’m adding silicone everywhere, it seems. Along the way, I decided to see what the SE manual said in this regard, and I have to say, this is a picture that definitely should be in the XL manual. Aside from […]