Today I moved on to the left aileron and made multiple cuts along the bottom seam of the aileron bag to et the aileron to fit. As was expected, the rudder cable conduit was in the way again. So I started the surgical extraction. If the conduit. Unfortunately almost right away I damaged the conduit.Continue reading “More with ailerons”
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Ailerons
Today I was still riding very high on yesterday’s engine runs. It is still very exciting to me that the beast is alive. The last 3-4 weeks we have been working very hard and I haven’t spent much time putting things away in the shop and garage. so I spent about half the day doingContinue reading “Ailerons “
Sunday Funday
We got a ton done yesterday. The biggest win was getting all the control surfaces balanced. we did the layup on the new balance weights on the ailerons. So those are locked in place with 2 plies of BID. We checked the balance, and they positively balance now. The balance is past the half wayContinue reading “Sunday Funday”
As usual
Set backs seem like the usual in airplane projects, and yesterday was a day of setbacks. Greg, Nate, and I each were working on things that are going to require repair, rework, and more fiddling. Greg and I were working on the baffle seal. We are trying to get the baffle seal material to layContinue reading “As usual”
Full Garaggio, and our Granbury Location
First things first. Big shout out to Dick who has been working on fixing our engine mount jig in order to normalize my repaired engine mount. He took the mount with him when he went home to Granbury. Since then, he has had to do a huge amount of work to restore the engine mountContinue reading “Full Garaggio, and our Granbury Location”
Bonus day in the Garaggio
I didn’t have to go back to Phoenix today, so that means bonus day in the Garaggio. I really need to send a Starbucks card to crew scheduling, because that couldn’t have been a better trip to be assigned. 🙂 This morning started with getting a coat of primer on the control surfaces, which isContinue reading “Bonus day in the Garaggio”
MSP Layover
Got the best call from scheduling I can get while on reserve (on call). “Joe, we have a trip for you, it’s a Minneapolis layover, with a 13 hour layover and only one leg back to Phoenix tomorrow.” The best part of it is, tomorrow is a deadhead back to Phoenix, meaning I’m riding asContinue reading “MSP Layover”
Wake Up Call
Those of you who know me know that I am not really a morning person. The different time zones I work in, plus the fact that I rarely can go to bed before midnight are not conducive to early mornings. The hustle and bustle of this week also compounded the desire to sleep in. IContinue reading “Wake Up Call”
Learning has occurred
I learned from last nights mistakes and didn’t push it today. I had time constraints, so I decided I wasn’t going to push an end of day priming session, and either screw it up or be late. Good news is, Jon and Greg were able to come over to help today, so we still got aContinue reading “Learning has occurred”
Haste makes…. Lesson learned.
Short post for what seems like an eternity of sanding today. Started with sanding the primer on the canard. As expected, there were a few places that spot putty was required. However, many fewer places than the wings. I attribute that to the hours spent on the contour of the canard. Then I went toContinue reading “Haste makes…. Lesson learned.”
the Garaggio 