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 […]
The next step was to get the wings fitted to the fuselage. I was able to do this in my garage but had to do it one wing at a time. So in general what I did was take down one wing, do all the fitup for that wing then swapped it out for the […]
So I built the wing fuel tank a while back but for some reason I never got this posted. I built it out of .040 aluminum. I was going to initially weld it but after doing some practice on some scraps I determined that I as was not to proficient at welding that thin of […]
Added attachment point to frame for elevator and rudder cables. I decided to weld the upper bracket in place providing a bolting point for actual guide cable mount. Nothing to fancy here other than a little bit of fabrication time. Designed for easy removal for tail disassembly – I hope.
Build wing mount components and weld to the fuselage. In order to help give me a little more headroom, I added an additional one and a half-inch lift to the mounts which will put the bottom of the wing level with the top overhead bar. Used thread rod to ensure mounts are parallel with each […]
The existing rear attachment point for the seatbelt was a simple design using wire cable and fuel hose for protection wrapped around the frame. Although this works fine it does not allow me to remove the parts when needed especially when I plan on re-painting the fuselage. I decided to design and weld a new […]
Built a windshield that wraps around the forward frame components of the fuselage. Pre-welded some mounting tabs to help hold the windshield in place. In order to make this windshield I used some cardboard to mockup what I wanted to make and then used that as a template for cutting out my plexiglass (polycarbonate). After […]