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

Has it really been two months?

I have been working at the hangar.  I have also been working at work, and at home.  Where I haven't been working recently is on this blog.  Sorry

It is a tradition a chez nous to take a photo of the boys at the pumpkin patch.  We have been doing this for twenty years, since Mike was a baby.  I cherish these photos, since they are a visual timeline of the growth and maturation I see in these two guys.  What hasn't changed in twenty years of photographing is Sue.  She still looks exactly as she did twenty years ago.  I don't.

 

These next shots are in reverse chronological order.  I'm not sure how that happened in the upload, but so be it.  I have been working on the firewall, the canopy and some interior work.  We have painted the interior.  This first shot is a MAJOR milestone.  The engine, and the main gear, are on.  For the first time, N1991M is on her own two feet.

Main gear are on.

IO-360 Aerosport engine is on!!

Adding carbon fiber to center console to match instrument panel

On her side to access interior to paint

Masked off to paint interior

Prepping canopy prior to Sika of side panels (now done and came out great)