With the plane in the hangar now, there are a ton of things we can work on. One of the first things I wanted to do is attach the control surfaces, to figure out what (if any) interference issues we’ll …
With the successful fuselage move the previous weekend, it was time to move everything else. “Everything else” includes the wings, workbenches, tools, tail pieces, and all the other miscellaneous airplane-related stuff in the garage. This meant getting a 24′ U-Haul …
Sure, the front looks nice, but the real accomplishment is all the wires, air lines, etc. behind the panel are now finally secured.
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Well, the day finally arrived–time to move the fuselage to the airport. We moved the fuselage only this day, plus a few other things we put in the car, since we were driving up there anyway. In a couple weeks, …
I wanted to make sure we had the seat rails installed and seats test fit before we move to the airport. We ran into a snag last weekend when we tried to do this. One of the seat rail supports …
This is kind of hard to explain. Long story short, the electronic ignition fires three times per engine revolution: once for cylinders 1 and 2, once for 3 and 4, and once for 5 and 6–yes, there are a bunch …
Months ago, after finishing the cowl, we removed the propeller to give us more room to work. Since we’re getting close to moving to the airport, it’s time to attach the propeller again. This time, we needed to make sure …
The registration number (a.k.a. tail number or N-number) has to be attached before the airplane flies. As such, we ordered vinyl decals to use before we paint. The number will eventually be painted on. I got the 12″ version, erroneously …