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Philosophy of Life Matured

One of my favorite aviation books is Stranger to the Ground by Richard Bach and in the book, the introduction written by Gill Robb Wilson exemplifies the fascination of aviation in his philosophy of life matured. It was stated, that for this book to be written; it first had to be flown. Click here to Read More!

Aileron assembly – Pt. 3 – Lightening holes

March 19, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Now that the aileron assembly is pretty much put together, I now need to focus on the aileron spars which still have a bit of work outstanding. What I need to do now is to dimple the spar caps, and also to cut out the lightening holes that run the length of the spar. I […]

Aileron assembly Pt. 1

January 25, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

The next project I’m moving forward with is going to be assembling the flaps and ailerons. I’m tackling this now, mostly to assemble some of the loose pieces that have been sitting around the shop for the last little bit and I’m eager to get these into an assembly to only have to move one […]

Aileron bellcranks

December 24, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

The project for today is to start assembling the aileron bellcrank assemblies. These parts are pretty straight forward as most of the parts are provided in the kit. The only thing that had to be fabricated for these are 2 little spacers which you can see on the ends of the assembly (held in with […]

Leading edge wing skins arrive

December 3, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

Today was exciting in that the leading edge wing skins have arrived. These are both for the fuel tank skins and the wing skin sections outboard of the fuel tank. These are parts ordered from Harmon Rocket. The parts were definitely well packed in a wooden crate. Nice to receive it with no damage. Inside […]

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