New Glare Shield

So, I never really liked how the old glare shield fit my panel, and since I was making a new panel, I figure, “might-as-well” make a new custom shield too. My buddy Andy make one from last-a-foam, and it came out so nice I was jealous. I cut the foam to the approximate shape of […]

Third Panel, Part II – Schematics

The new panel is coming along, though I’m still waiting for some parts here and there. In the meantime I’ve been finalizing the schematics and line listing in preparation for building the wire bundle. VP-X Spreadsheet For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et […]

Third Panel, Part I

The panel we’ve been flying with was very ugly as it was repurposed after Blue Mountain went out of business and we shoehorned the Grand Rapids EFIS in there. In order to get the interior ready we needed the panel to look nice and we decided it would be easier to start fresh. We’ve elected […]

Installing the Vortex Generators on Wings

We’re finally to the point where I’m ready to install our vortex generators (we’re in our final paint and have flown enough with our wheel pants to be ready to try the next aerodynamic change). As our baseline we’ll use dual pilot (Elizabeth and Pete, her instructor) as the starting point. In that configuration we’re […]

A Fox of a different Stripe

Apply our final design was the mother of all vinyl jobs, in fact we’re told that it’s one of the larger jobs Air Graphics has ever printed up. But in the end it was worth it, they worked out a great design with Elizabeth and provided everything we needed to get them applied. Thanks also to our […]

Fiberglass Spool Holders

Before Bob cut the holy crap out of his hand installing the new light switch on his hangar, he finished putting up the fiberglass spool rails. This is a copy of what the Brainards did in their shop, and will be nicer than what we’ve had in the past. This keeps the glass out of […]