I couldn’t help myself from test fitting the canopy. This did little more than get me excited, as there was no valuable information gathered from this experience other than, “It looks like an airplane–cool.” I think the more exciting part–depending on who you ask–is that we’ve regained some space in the living room now that […]
With aft skins on, and roll bar attached, it meant I could test out this canopy frame. From what I hear, I could plan on wrestling with this thing for months. I also feel like I’ve been semi-consciously building this up in my head so that I can be pleasantly surprised. The slider space and […]
The roll bar was an apt introduction into the canopy, from what I hear. Mine was very close to plan, avoiding the big adjustments required by many. Still, this piece won’t bend. I needed about 1/8″ of twist which I achieved at the cost of risk of great personal injury, and 1/8″ of “squeeze” which […]
I wasn’t quite expecting to be here, but here we are. I had a volunteer available, and I’ve been a little aimless as I try to figure out the panel, so we took on the aft skins. It took about 4 hours from initial rivet training (this volunteer hadn’t helped out on the project yet) […]
This piece of the build has been giving me anxiety for months. Today, I feel it’s been put to rest. First, let me say, this wasn’t without great amounts of trial and error. Everything from the order in which items are run (does coax go to the right or left of pitot/static?) to the foam […]
I went with FlyLED lighting–The Works. This system requires you build just about everything from scratch, which excited me. The soldering, the fabrication–still, somehow after two-plus years of building I still have appetite for more. I will say, the entire process took longer than I would have thought. There was a lot to this kit, […]