I hadn’t intended to let this blog go quiet for so long but there really hasn’t been much to say. We had a couple of weeks of high humidity and it was just too yucky to go out to the…
Training Video Clip
Some vacation has prevented anything happening towards the first flight, which it looks like I will end up doing – Roger isn’t available until October and I don’t really want to wait that long. So this long weekend I aim…
Airworthy!
My seven year project today moves from build to fly. I passed the inspection with just two safety ties missing (on both fluid drain plugs, totally missed those), a missing cotter key (doh!) and a stand off for a fuel…
Ready for Inspection
In preparation for my inspection tomorrow I returned to the hangar early this morning so that I could put the wing skin back on and any last minute finish up items. I clecoed the skin into place, fired up the…
A few more pre-inspection tasks
Friday afternoon I went to the hangar and put some gas back into the passenger wing so I could check for leaks on Saturday. I was pleased to open the hangar Saturday morning and not see any spills on the…
Fuel Leak Fix?
Saturday morning I got to the hangar early to take a look at the fuel leak. First I had to remove the vinyl from the wing skin And then remove all the rivets to get the skin off. It wasn’t…