Brakes Not So Good

Posted on March 30, 2023June 18, 2023 by Bill Fluhr

50+ Years old and not in serviceable condition

Can you say ‘rust’ 🙂 Yea, new ones needed!

Cables & Instrument Panel

Posted on November 29, 2022December 17, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Prototyping a taller windshield attach & roll bar

Rudder cables initial run

Turnbuckles needed for proper tension

Master/Start/Coils/Fuel Pumps/Nav Light switches

Back of panel showing pitot tube routing

All the instruments a competent pilot needs!

Rudder Pedal Remake

Posted on November 23, 2022December 17, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

New 4130 Tubing cut per plans

My son welding

Powder coating

Installed … single pilot, not dual

Battery Box, Radio, Brake Master

Posted on October 13, 2022December 17, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Thin plywood

Glueing in a form

LiFePO4 Batteries

Radio Pedestal Mount

Differential Hand Brake Master Cylinders

Cockpit Seat & Harness Fabrication

Posted on October 10, 2022December 17, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Floor carpeting, neat but totally unnecessary!

Freebie fiberglass seat donated by a hanger friend

Expensive memory foam … but my butt will appreciate it!

Inexpensive cover from Tractor Supply

Five point harness installed

Wing Tip Light and Strut Cover

Posted on April 13, 2022July 24, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Casting the Counterbalance Weight

Whelen wingtip lights

Strut Cover

Left Wing done but not on the plane … yet 🙂

Weight added to aileron tip

More Left Wing Fabric Work

Posted on April 9, 2022July 23, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Poly- Spray coat

Insignia White top coat

Inspection Plates

Done!

Left Wing Progress!

Posted on March 31, 2022April 5, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Reinforcing tapes

Oh the joys of rib lacing 200 stitches!

Bottom with ‘doilies’

Finishing tapes

Ready for the UV coat!

Spring progress left aileron

Posted on March 20, 2022April 5, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Aileron Frame

Fabric

Control horn attached inside aileron spar

Poly-Brush

One dang bug messes up the paint job!

Time and effort pays off … beautiful!

Back to Building after a long Winter in Florida

Posted on March 2, 2022March 12, 2022 by Bill Fluhr

Heat shrinking the Poly-Fiber

First coat of Poly-Brush

Snapping chalk lines for rib lacing

Priming the struts

Epoxy painting the struts