On October 3, 2017 we brought in our flaps and ailerons to get covered. First we had to do some final work on them. We also saw our finished wings for the first time! Jet crazy glue work This aileron tube was from the classic ailerons so it needed to be trimmed with the dremel.…
Ran wires in wings, trial fit UAT antenna – 7/28/17
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Here’s the ADS-B UAT antenna. Ran a bunch of wires and hoses for current and future stuff. Lights, Angle of Attack, Pitot/Static hoses, ADS-B, electrical for strut mounted cameras, etc. This is a bolt that you don’t want to remove. The anti-sweep cable is attached to that bolt inside the wing and it is under…
Trial fit wings – 7/15/17
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Thanks to Sam Hurley for helping us, we needed 3 people! It’s a good idea to try putting the wings on before you fabric cover them. It helps you remember anything that is missing! No wings yet One wing on The plane will tip over with only one wing attached. Both wings on!
Tested landing gear, cut slots in wing cuffs – 7/14/17
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Today we tested the landing gear and cut slots in the wing cuffs for the strut plate. `
Drilling light holes in wingtips and wing finishing – 7/4/2017
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Today we drilled the light holes in the wingtips. We are using Aveoflash LED strobe wingtip lights and they provide you a pattern. Made a new tail jack from a Harbor Freight Transmission jack. Also cleaned off the workbench, usually it is piled with stuff…
Wing wiring and Anti-compression sleeves – 6/25/217
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We noticed that if you put the recommended torque of 60-70 inch lbs on the fuselage tube bolts, that they start to deform. We used a clamp to make them round again and created some anti compression sleeves for the bolts so that we could torque them. We did this with plastic tubes. We should…
Put Fuselage in hull – 5/26/17
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We decided to put the fuselage in the hull again temporarily. It will need to come out again.
Picked up newly painted hull – 3/26/17
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Our hull was finished being painted so we transported it home. Total cost for getting the hull painted was $3K. This involved a lot of labor as the hull needed a lot of filler work per the painter. This is the paint we used
Fuselage, 914 Root Tube – 3/19/17
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Today we took the fuselage off the ceiling lift hooks. We ordered the stronger 914 Root Tube which is necessary for our 117HP engine. It arrived with a ding on the corner, hopefully that is okay. Root tube comes in 3 parts that fit together.
Finish uncrating engine, put on lift cart – 1/16/17
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Today we completely uncrated the engine and put it onto a hydraulic lift cart that we bought at Harbor Freight. As a review, this is an Aeromomentum AM15 117 HP 1.5 Liter upright aircraft conversion engine based on a Suzuki car engine. Powering up the engine The engine came with an UltraGauge OBDII engine information…