Make a new footplate in fuselage out of 2 sheets of 2mm ply laminated together using epoxy. Used cardboard to initially create a template then use that to cut the actual part. Final trimming accomplished good fit and holes drilled up from the bottom using pre-welded mounting tabs. I still need to take out and […]
Ok, so I was not happy with the current landing gear that came with my fuselage and after some deliberating, I decided to make a new set per the plans. The main issue with the current gear was it was using older specs (I believe) in which narrower tubing was called for and there is […]
I already had a tailwheel mounted on the fuselage but it just had a couple of eye bolts bolted onto to shopping cart type wheel assembly and that just did not look very sturdy and also did not allow for disassembly as wires were connected directly to eye bolts. I create a new steel horn […]
The fuselage I purchased did have some wheels already but they did not include a brake system and I wanted to have that feature. The wheels currently mounted are Blackmax wheels (so I have been told) but for now, I do not want to spend a lot on this system (was going to cost around […]
The fuselage I purchased that I decided to use (for now) had some issues with it in the tail section. Basically I wanted to use my rudder and elevator components because the ones the come with the fuselage appear to be made for a regular LE and not the XL. I am a little confused […]
Built the control horn for my rudder with my brother while he was visiting! I decided to build the control horn and when we got into it realized I was missing the lower elevator aluminum support that it is supposed to mount too! Not sure how I missed adding that so ended up adding that […]
Using the elevator that I built per plans because the ones that came with the fuselage had a very wide gap between the two that I did not like and that do not match my plans (although I have seen others built that way – maybe older plans or original LE). I also needed to […]
Not much to say here – I had the fuselage stored in the carport and now that I am complete with wings and empennage components I am now able to move it into the garage to start the next phase of my build.
Finally manage to get the tail section complete – at least all the framing part of it. At this time I probably will not use what I created since that was included with the frame/engine project I purchased but since I had started I did want to complete. The reason I am using the existing […]
Ok, I managed to get my hands on another project that was partially completed. I mainly decided to purchase it for the engine (1/2 VW engine) but ended up with a fairly nice fuselage too. So after some serious thought, the wife and I went up north to take a look – and ended up […]