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, March 27, 2012

Wiring, wiring, wiring

Normally, it doesn't snow here in Eugene.  It rains.  Alot.  But snow is rare.  Last week was different, and it made the trip out to do some work at the hangar a little less pleasant.  Check out photo number four.

Meanwhile, I have been trying to get some of the interior wiring done.  I made a shelf for the magnetometers (there are two, since I have dual EFIS).  Since there are stringent requirements for the positioning of these, I decided to hang a shelf off the longerons, aft of the baggage compartment.  After I got this all done (see photos), I noticed that I have a conflict with the (steel) cable for the seatbelt harness.  I will probably have to lift the shelf up a few inches to get enough separation.  Oh well.

Starting to fabricate shelf, with built in 7.5 degree tilt

Shelf, close to done, with magnetometers on.

close up of magnetometer

Pretty dreary. The road to my hangar.

Next up was fashioning a bracket to affix the position sensor for my flaps.  I stole this idea from RV7 builder Roee Kalinsky

Bracket for flap position sensor

Then, Doug and I did some doublers for various antennae.  This one is for the ELT

ELT antenna location.  Note ELT under vertical stab

Another view of ELT

Doubler for a comm antenna.  Gold color is alodine treatment

A last view of magnetometer shelf before it gets raised up a few inches

Testing postion of center console, flap and heat control

Photo needs to be rotated, but show pilot side mic and headphone jacks

All this will eventually make sense (and get organized)!

Co-builder Doug

He has changed since this project started!

Doublers for ELT and transponder, alodined, drilled and ready to rivet in
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