Helping the Brainards

Well, winter is here again, and it and life are slowing progress. Beth’s mother has had some health issues in the last week or two as well, so things have slowed to a crawl. On the upside, we’ve been making some progress on Jerry and Linda’s plane in their heated shop, and have made some engine adjustments […]

First Taxi Test

FIRST TAXI! After quite a laborious build-up, the first taxi test is out of the way. We still need to get the brakes settled and broken in, but what a major hurdle! For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. […]

Controls and Pilot Seat Belt Finalized

Wow, what a long no-update cycle. We’ve been slowed up by a variety of factors, vacations and a new project at work requiring too much of my time. It’s all very frustrating, but we are making steady progress. We’ve finalized the autopilot servo installations, hooked up the elevator push-tube, tested our radios and antennas, and cleaned up […]

Radio and Autopilot Servos Installed

Finishing up the cowling attachments, connecting autopilot servo arms, installed radio and tested, system integration tested. 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, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute […]

[Picture Album] 2006 Airventure

Another Airventure is in the books. Of course I haven’t done any work in the past 10 days because of it, but it was great. Of interest were the Velocity Twin (model) and Turbo, and the Stagger EZ (not a Velocity, but very cool). Also check out the Velocitys that flew in below, I didn’t get […]

Finishing Cowling

Cowling finishing, ailerons rigged. 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, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum […]