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.



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!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Prop is on

In order to fit the cowling, it's helpful to know where the spinner margins are going to be.  Doug and I cut out the sides of the spinner to fit it over the propellor governor.


We then hoisted the the prop and completed backplate assembly on to the flywheel. The prop bolts are pretty tedious to turn, but there is no way they are backing out accidently.


We re-installed the skin with clecos over the foredeck area, then trialed the top cowling half for looks.


This is going to be one outstanding looking airplane.


John Stahr, of Stahr Aviation, and Doug and I, have an interesting paint scheme in mind.  It will be in shades of silver and grey darkening from top to bottom in a gradient.  It will be unusual, and outstanding, again, in my humble opinion

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)