It’s good to see the propeller back on the plane! I’m about 46% confident this will not need to come off again, but I couldn’t help myself. Seeing it on, with the cone, and the cowl. Just wow. We’re nearly there at this point.
The blister proved to be a lot of work, but now that it’s in, I’m very excited about how it came out. Redoing this area was the right choice. Once the part was created it was trimmed to include a flange. The outline was drawn on the cowl long ago when the plug was first […]
A bit of a jump here: Wings are attached, fuel lines, fuel vents, systems wiring, etc. all hooked up. I’m now working on the wing fairings, which require a bit of fitting and bending, and a whole bunch of nut plates. All of this will be removed for installation of final attachment hardware and then […]
Well, it’s time to start to think about putting some wings on the plane, now that we have the space. There’s a lot of work to do to prepare the wings for installation, and then to finally install them. There will be a bit of back-and-forth on this one. Exciting to see this all lined […]
I owe some pictures of the final product, but I have made progress toward the fitting and attaching of the cowl. Skybolts are great product, and I feel took some frustration out of the more difficult areas of attaching the cowl. That said, they’re a lot of work. I’m happy, mostly, with how this section […]
The last several days (weeks?) have been spent trying to tackle the cowling. An immense amount of work here. Fitting, trimming, fitting, sanding, fitting, cussing. It’s a tough section and I feel, at times, it may just best me. I’ve temporarily installed the prop and spinner, if not to check fitment that to at least […]