So finally got done what I personally consider the worst part of the build which was painting the wings. I hate painting anything and it was no different on the wings. But after a couple of weeks, I finally got them done between all my other weekend obligations. In order to get this done as […]
Despite life and all the things going on with work, family, and what have you I have managed to get my wings covered. For this process I used Uncertified 1.8 oz Decron fabric I managed to pick up from Aircraft Spruce. I originally had a roll that came with the other set of wings I […]
Been working on getting the fuselage back together after covering the front part of the fuselage with fabric along with painting it. I have decided that the worst part of this build for me is doing the Painting!!! I am to the point I have no patience for it and just want to get this […]
So I was trying out my current setup with the fuselage and realized I was having issues with the seat that came with the fuselage. I found it was made to small for me not allowing me to site down and back as far as I needed for a big guy like me. I need […]
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been working on covering my tail parts of my Legal Eagle XL. I first had to do a lot of watching videos both from the XL video I got from Leonard and from youtube of course. I found so very good instructional videos covering the Stewart System […]
After installing the tail wheel (shopping cart kind) I did not like how it handled when connected to the control wires. It seemed to be very sloppy and tightening cables seemed to just pull the peddles forward more. Maybe this would not be an issue with feet on the peddles but anyway, I wanted something […]
Not much here but I have completed the seat belt mount points and mounted the belts in place. I was a little stumped on how to attach the lap belts the the metal racing clips I purchased for them since they just had loops that I could not thread thru. I ended up pushing the […]
I took some of my leftover 1/8 inch plywood from the wing build and made a floor plate by laminating two pieces together with epoxy. I cut out the ply to fit into the bottom of the plane just behind the rudder foot petals and just in front of the stick – between the 1 […]
In order to repaint the fuselage because of all the welding, I have been doing on it I needed to repaint it. I also wanted to change the color! So I decided to teardown the fuselage removing all parts from it until I was down to the bare frame. After disassembly, I started painting by […]