July 19, 2017: Off to Oshkosh
The voyage to Oshkosh begins. The 4300 mile round trip journey, has in the past, always been quite eventful. There is always something that goes wrong. We are hoping this year will be the exception. We put a greater emphasis on vehicle maintenance, planning, and organization. Although the weather for Oshkosh this year looks to be about as good as we’ve ever seen, the weather along the way looks as though it’s going to be filled with a lot of rain showers, and thunderstorms. If you are also hinted to Oshkosh make sure that you venture over to the ultralight area where we will have our booth and airplanes set up. Check the calendar of the home page to see what forums we will be presenting this year. And keep in mind, there are still seats available for the 2 day light sport repairman inspection class Monday and Tuesday after the air show is over.
July 1, 2017
As July begins, we are in a full out sprint to get ready for the Oshkosh air show. Continue to post updates as often as we can about what’s going on with the airplane and the shop. There are many other tasks that we are undertaking simultaneously. We continue to publish new drawings to the builders database on a fairly regular basis. We are working on some format changes to the website to make the process of building more user-friendly. We have a fairly long list of parts that we are trying get ready for customers that will pick up their orders at the air show. All of this while trying to submit articles for the EAA magazine, writing PowerPoint presentations for the forums that we will be presenting during the air show. Prepping for the two-day light sport repairman inspection class that we will be holding in the Vetty theater the Monday after the air show. And prepping for the Hints for Homebuilder videos that we will be doing the day after that.
New Links this Month
July 19, Ready for departure
2 airplanes loaded.
Boxes, boxes, and more boxes
View from the tailgate
July 18, loading the trailer
Gap seals.
Rain cover
Mounting components
Right side of the trailer
Surfaces mounted
Wings control surfaces ready
July 15, wing fold system
Wing fold saddle
Inboard trailing edge position
Lift strut attach fitting
Lift strut eyebolts standoffs
Lift strut positioning
Forward spar standoff
Jury strut attach
Jury strut clevis pin attachment
Adding decals
EMG-6 decal
Prop decals
Loading the trailer
Mounting the wings.
3D printing the lower left instrument panel
Lower left instrument panel addition
SD cardholder
SD cardholder
3D printed parts
July 13, bleeding the brakes
Brake master cylinder
Wing fold system
Loading up.
Upholstery
Seat cushions
Throttle cable clamp
Throttle cable clamp
Brake lines.
Brake line T fitting
July 12, wing fold
Wing fold bracket.
Wing fold saddle
Wing fold settle
Loading the trailer
Machining parts
Polini installation
Throttle assembly
Tube end caps
3D printed landing gear fairings
Fuel quantity and type placard
Lift strut attach fittings
July 11 Aircraft Reassembly
July 9 ,Polini 250 re-installation
Polini 250 installation
Wing fold fitting
Corrosion X
Wing fold fitting attachment
Wiring harness reinstallation
Wiring harness installation
Wiring harness attachment
Wiring harness progress
Engine installation
Control system installation
Painting
Instrument panel
Instrument panel
Trailer preparation
Loading the 3D printer
Control system installation
BRS parachute installation
BRS parachute
BRS rocket motor installation
Instrument panel installation
Lower instrument panel installation
3D printed instrument panel covered.
Throttle assembly installation
Wing reinstallation
Both wings and struts install
Cooling system installation
Cleaning up after the cooling system servicing
July 8 Midnight
Painting parts
July 8 Loading trailer
Finish welding on the fuselage frame.
Frame skewer
Frame skewer aft attachment
Sandblasting the frame
Late-night operations.
Prepping parts for primer and paint
Painting black
Fuselage frame painted
Gap seal cutting tool completed
Gap seal cutting tool
July 4th, Airframe teardown
Wing removal
Children, children, children, stop arguing!
Frame is ready for processing.
Engine removed.
Wing and tail gap seals
Gap seal cutting die
July 3, 2017 engine run
Test running the Polini 250
Engine temperatures
Propeller driveshaft system
Vibration dampener coupler
Jury strut subassembly
July 1, 2017 Running the Polini 250
Getting ready to run the engine
Prop installation
Torquing the prop
Ailerons mounted to the wing
Aileron subassembly
Inboard aileron detail view
Aileron spar assembly
Jury strut installation
Jury strut connectors
Manufacturing the jury strut connectors
Jury strut connectors
Ceiling the fuel tank
