{"id":1173,"date":"2017-03-18T13:07:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T21:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2017-03-20T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T21:19:14","slug":"this-weekend-the-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=1173","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend: The Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a day off work to get an extra session on the plane as we rush towards the summer. Last entry I bemoaned that we hadn&#8217;t thought about the position of the cowl and the windshield where they are too close but&#8230;. a closer look at the pictures showed that we were a long way from finished with trimming back the windshield.<\/p>\n<p>Allen got out his sander tank and went to work, and he must have spent a good 90 minutes overall taking at least an inch and a half off of the windshield. I offered to give it a go but I think he didn&#8217;t want to have all his hard work go to waste with one &#8220;oh shit&#8221; moment from me. But the windshield was finally back behind the firewall rivet line and I could put the rubber trim on and everything looked good. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/Sw8uKG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/409\/33158795790_438b81c17f_c.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Trim glued to windshield\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that the windshield sits up straighter, the side holes were no longer a match to the existing holes so I used my hole finder to drill new ones in the window and, with a little more trimming of the metal cover and door hinge, the window was back to fitting again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/RS3qcz\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2903\/32727778063_26bd75363f_c.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Window trimmed and fit to side mounts\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With that in place, we can start back on the final fitting of the doors (though I think we still need a solution for keeping the front part of the door from blowing out in the air).<\/p>\n<p>I also set about some of the regulatory work such as installing the passenger warning sign, and labeling the panel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/SS9KHC\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3816\/33385371162_9bf16337cd_c.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Passenger warning\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the warning side should just be an arrow saying &#8220;This guy built this, are you sure?&#8221; Not sure about my labels, may reprint them in white on a black background.<\/p>\n<p>Got my plane registration document in the mail so I am officially an airplane owner!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/T1jzYU\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3791\/33477821496_53a77e7736_c.jpg?resize=598%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"My airplane registration\" width=\"598\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(yeah you wish you had Photoshop skills like me). Airplane registrations are a matter of public record so it seems silly to cover up my address but I took that picture for the unwasheds of Instagram so thought I&#8217;d scrub it to at least make it a little harder.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I officially own N750PS, I could decorate my bird with her new tail feathers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/RS3n9R\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3722\/32727767813_1c7d4ef5cb_c.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tail number on\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I must say that the back looks mighty fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a day off work to get an extra session on the plane as we rush towards the summer. 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