Hull Side Rail

We’ve been working on installing the Hull SIde Rail – Section 47.1 in the 2018 docs. Worked 3.5 hours on 9/8/22.  

Prep Tail Surfaces

7/12/22 – Getting the tail feathers ready for priming.  Needed to do final assembly on them, make cross pieces fit better and put epoxy on the joints.   We decided to use the supplied foam strips to supplement the thinner cross pieces. Worked 4 hours.

Interesting new Viking 90 Engine

I got an email from Viking Aircraft Engines announcing their new Viking 90 engine. It sounded interesting because it makes 90HP and weighs only 10lbs more than the Rotax 912. I like the affordability concept of using automotive engines for aircraft and I probably would have bought a Viking but the Viking 110 and 130…

Landing Gear Microswitches and testing – January 2018

Here are some pictures of when we worked on the landing gear microswitches.  When you tell the gear to go up, you turn on a switch that applies power to the linear actuators.  The actuators need to stop without you turning the power off.  They stop because the gear hits a limit switch that is…

Frise Aileron Shaping – 2/11/2018

Our Ailerons are built and we just sent them to our Searey distributor, Recreational Mobility, for adjustment. Specifically there are some sheet metal airfoil parts that need to be correctly shaped in a jig.  This only applies to the new Frise ailerons which we have. Ideally you would do this step after the ailerons were…

Propeller notes – January 2018

Here are the 3 propellers we are considering: 1. Warp Drive 68 inchPropeller, 3 Blade 68-Right turning, CF/Nickel LE/Taper Tips/HPL-R Hub/912-914 Pattern 2. DUC 3-Blade Hydro Inconel Flash-2 Propeller, LH, Pusher, 67 inch or 1700mm Diameter 3. Luga R83-HP  67 inch prop high horsepower prop (not shown on their website, appropriate for 117HP engines) Anecdotally it…