My 40th Birthday

Just had my big 40th birthday smash yesterday, and we’re confirmed in a cabin for the Rough River Canard Flyin this weekend with some of our Velocity friends… Life is good! Rough River

Expanding the Paint Booth for the Fuselage

Man, where does the time go? A week of vacation, a company trip to Kings Island tomorrow, an EAA Meeting, Rough River in a couple of weeks, and a trip to Utah. We’re not going to get much done this month, that much is clear. However, I’m hopeful that we will get the fuselage primed […]

New Nose Wheel

We’ve managed to mount the defogger in the nose, but haven’t wired it yet. We also refilled the brake lines (after pulling a vacuum on it for a few days to degas the fluid). Also removed the old wheel, moved the tube and tire, shortened the wheel spacers (thanks Jerry) and reinstalled it with the new Nylon nut […]

Hangar Door Brushes Installed

We had a cool weekend here in Cincinnati for a change. We got the wings back off and installed brushes on the hangar door to keep the junk, snow and rain water, and birds out. The hangar is starting to be pretty livable, I still want to add some of those snap-together flooring squares and […]

Making the Defogger Duct

I spent all night last night getting the defogger transition piece formed out of foam, but I also posted the picture of the nose wheel pant thimbles. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad […]

Trio Pro Autopilot Controller Installed

Autopilot is installed (just the head unit). Also, the nose gear pant is coming along nicely, we’ve started the cold air sealing process, and more cowling fit-and-finish work. 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 veniam, […]