The Mission:

I am building an airplane. I really can't tell you how weird it sounds to me to hear those words in my head as I type. I am keeping this blog as an adjunct to my written log, which is required to comply with FAA requirements for Experimental Aircraft construction. My son Doug is my partner in this project. There are two goals: to build the best, safest, and yes, COOLEST, airplane we can, and to allow Doug to acquire some truly awesome experiences, not to mention building skills. Thanks for viewing.



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The most current post is displayed on this opening page. To access the older posts, click on the "Blog Archive" on the right hand side. The drop down menu is arranged by the month and lists the posts, by title and by date posted, in reverse chronological order.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Tank and leading edge sub assemblies

We prosealed the tank stiffeners in to the left fuel tank.  While we are waiting for these to set up,we started a few of the sub-assemblies in the leading edge and the fuel tank.  In addition to these photos, we also cut the hole for the leading edge landing light.

Made the perforations for the sender electrical connector and the fuel vent line

Getting ready to rivet in the stall warning system mount

A capacitance fuel sender plate (two per tank)

The "trap door" and anti-hang up bracket (Mods for inverted flying)

The strap that connects the leading edge to the fuel tank

Checking the flop tube position

Safety wire (done per the plans) to prevent flop tube loosening in the fuel tank
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