[Picture Album] Assembled for First Flight

Here are some new pictures as we prepare for first flight 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 […]

Ground Power

One thing that decided to add was a ground power plug for charging the battery, jump-starting the engine, and/or running the (all-electric) avionics on the ground (such as for testing). I bought the standard 3-prong style plug from Aircraft Spruce with the hinged cover, and glassed it into the nose of the fuselage in front […]

Installing Control Stick Push-Tube Assembly

Time to hook up the elevators. This was a pretty straight-forward operation, all things considered, the only real wrinkle was getting the push-tube connected at the same time as our Strong Pitch Trim system. One end of the tube was drilled and and finished by the factory, with the other end needing to be cut, fitted with […]

A/V Update

The more we fly, the more video I want and in fact do take, so I thought I’d give a quick update with what we’re using today. But first, let me talk about why I do this. It would be great to say that I want to motivate current and future builders to keep at […]

2015 Oshkosh

Update 1: Congratulations to Tom and Loretta Irion for winning the Gold Lindy. Warning: This page is picture-heavy and will take quite awhile to load…. Oshkosh Airventure 2015 started off with a bang for us, literally. I hit something with the prop the day before we planned to pack for the show, and took a nasty nick in […]

GTN-650 Installation Notes

I posted awhile back about the installation of my GTN650. We’ve been using it as a GPS source for some time now, but as I get ready to start my IFR training in earnest I need to be able to use the VOR/LOC/ILS features. Well, I hadn’t check those, and hadn’t spent much time learning […]