How to use this blog
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.
I will arrange the hypertext links to other websites I find interesting better some day, but they are at the bottom.
If you navigate to my first post, there is a link to my luthiery pages. I miss working with wood. Aluminum is nice, but it's boring. Give me a highly figured maple any day!
Flaps, seats and rudder
Doug finished at St. Paul elementary school. Now on to high school next year at Marist. It was a nicely done graduation ceremony; and Doug looked killer in his suit.
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| Last day of elementary school!! |
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| Receiving diploma from Fr. Steve and Principal Kelli Braud |
On to the plane.
Doug is away now on a summer vacation (to London!) with Mom, visiting his older brother who goes to University in Scotland. Since there isn't any family left here, I'm on my own for three weeks. Unfortunately, they took the camera I was getting used to, but I had a backup, and I finally remembered to bring it to the hangar, so I have documented several work sessions here. I finished the seat backs, started the center console, installed the flap hinges and flaps, and hung the rudder. The wing tip fairings took a while; I used nutplates and screws to attach, and there were nearly eighty of them in total.
Next up, either the elevator bellcrank assembly, or the flap actuator mechanism (or the fuel vent lines, or the rudder pedals, or...)
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| Wing tip fairings are on (and the LEDs work) |
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| The rudder is on! |
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| Making the rudder stops |
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| Seat back stops for adjusting degree of recline |
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| Seat backs |
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| And, for fun, started work on the center console |
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