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Aerovee Assembly

Done!

It has taken another 50 hours of stuffing around. All I had to do was put the wings on and connect everything up..........sounds simple d...

Done!

It has taken another 50 hours of stuffing around. All I had to do was put the wings on and connect everything up.......sounds simple does...

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Out to the Airfield Mile Stone

Today is a major day in any aircraft builder's list......it has been almost 6 years, about 1500 odd hours of actual work and probably the...

Painting and decorating......Airplane style!

I'm getting there. I have spent approximately 40 hours to date cleaning, polishing and rubbing back. I've sprayed 3 coats of 2 pack so fa...

Almost there!........50 hours.

I've spent the past few weeks finishing off the myriad of little things that seem never ending. Fitting the wing root fairing and walkway...

Control sticks and elevator control....20 hrs

Setting up linkages, adjusting travel and removing slop from Sonex control system.

Instrument panel...finally completed. 50 hrs

Fitting instruments and wiring to Sonex instrument panel. Rigging up hand brake.

Wing tip fix ups.....16 hrs

This was an issue that has been bothering me for the past two years. Every time I looked at my wing tips was just grrrrrr! I made the alu...

Under carriage finishing off....16 hours

This seeming simple task, actually turned into a bit of a marathon. I was only planning on just making and fitting the fairings that go a...

Engine cowling......20 hours and counting

The cowling is still a work in progress, I purchased the universal horizontal split cowl from Sonex. Mine was about 1/8" short on the bot...

The canopy........25 hours

Installing the canopy seems to scare just about everyone that I've spoken to or read about. Well, add me to the list! There are numerous ...

Engine cooling baffles.....20 hours

I've been busy building not computing for a little while. I finally managed to complete the cooling baffles today. They don't look like m...

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Aerovee Assembly

Building an Aircraft