Olympus DS30 Digital Audio Recorder

I just bought this sweet little digital audio recorder, the Olympus DS30, to hook into the intercom to record our in-flight conversations and broadcasts. Olympus DS30

Nose Pants

Now that the main gear pants are on and test flown, we’re getting ready to install the nose pant. Unfortunately the nose pant is the cause of much concern in the Velocity community. It apparently is one of the leading causes, maybe the primary or only cause, of nose wheel shimmy. There are a variety […]

Main Gear Pants

Here you can see we’ve finally mounted and flown our main gear pants. They were worth it, near as we can tell right now, right about 10 kias.

Baggage Tie Downs

Here you can see a couple of shots of the finished tie-downs. As I say, it’s probably overkill, but I doubt I’ll ever need to add any. 😉 We’re installing baggage tie-downs so we can use cargo nets to restrain our cargo. These things are horribly expensive, but I think they’re necessary and I like […]

Door Seals

So this clearly falls into the “not sure where to put it” category. But we’ve finally installed door seals. We flew for a year without them, and it always worried me that we’d get caught out in rain. Of course, I still have to prove that they seal, but that’s a task for another day. […]

Window Frames, Part III

Here you can see the finished window frame. I installed these and my baggage ties with self-tapping 10×32 inserts similar to helicoils, which are just long enough to fit between the skins. Just drill a hole and pop them in some flox. Awesome. Strake window upholstery cover Installed