Kit #7 arrived

[Sierra Skydog]

Supposed to be thumbs up

[Utah-Jay]

Didn’t mean ? But meant?

I am trying leave a detailed build for those that will be building in the future. I had no interest in doing videos due to the editing time. I am glad the thread might be of some value

[Utah-Jay]

What does 25 hours look like?
A Husky owner and a Carbon Cub owner both looked at my low pressure lip this afternoon and both declared a factory could not have done better.
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5 hours on the mold alone. Too many fills and sanding sessions to bother to count.

The Air Scoop frame did not make it to a priming stage, but it is all fitted and sanded
IMG_4338.jpg I Owe I Owe it’s off to work I go. Hope to see some of you at Oshkosh

[rodsmith]

Very nice work, takes a lot of effort to get a good finish! So glad I'm done with all the composite pieces.

[wbolan]

I was wondering how you attached the carb heat box to the carb? Did you find stud that go into the carb and just use nuts to attach the box? There is not much room in the carb heat box.

[Utah-Jay]

A buddy gave me a really cool gift today
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[Utah-Jay]

It was the day to remove the engine cowl and nose bowl. Lots of filling and sanding, then rinse and repeat several times
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The I printed on the pinhole filler, so lots more sanding to come. This pinhole filler sands really easily though.
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The last phase of the airflow for the air filter was this fiberglass bracket which will have a metal strip for the riveting process. Laying up fiberglass is getting easy, which is good with the window faring still to come.
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[Utah-Jay]

This is what 5 1/2 hours of sanding looks like after yesterday's application of the pinhole filler. The blue spots are superfill in a few areas that needed filling

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This is what 2 hours of changing out tires looks like in a dry climate. I have no clue how you guys live in humidity
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IMG_4478.jpg I sold the 26” ABW back to the original owner, luckily he wasn’t them to run during the winter months. I figured the GY’s will be a lot more durable for all the phase 1 flights and I figure I will get in the air during the winter when our grass is covered with snow.

[Utah-Jay]

Perfection is the enemy of completion

[Utah-Jay]

Pinholes…. Thousands of them are filled and sanded
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Nose Bowl is ready doe primer and paint

[Utah-Jay]

Let the fun begin. I must say the Vans directions/diagram leave a lot to be desired.
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Luckily I have a buddy with the cowling off his Kitfox that has a Lycoming engine to get so tips on how this all works.

[Utah-Jay]

It was a baffling day, lots of measuring and them more measuring, then cutting. I was sneaking up on what I wanted, so I probably averaged over 2 cut/trims per piece. Several took 3 or 4
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This is the end of the day baffling scrap pile
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I had been monitoring my new GY 26’s for tire pressure, especially after one had a bad valve that I replaced. After 3 days holding pressure I put on the hob caps and re-installed the brake pads which is not one of my favorite activities. All safety wired up too.

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Yesterday I finally cut the pass through for the carb heat and ran the cable. I reattached the Throttle and Mixture. I had to build a stand-off for the Carb Heat cable and then cut the cable to length and attach.

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[spinningwrench]

Normally the bolts on the carb float
bowl are either safety wired
or use the special no spin lock washers.

[Utah-Jay]

Because TrueAirSpeed gave me grief about not posting lately…

Yes, I have been chipping away at the baffling, as well as priming for painting. I did try painting the spinner, but the environment was just not sterile enough to get the results I was shooting for. I found a new place to paint.

Hmmm, baffling. I will say this is the first time during the build that I actually felt defeated. It was just kicking my ass! Made progress today. Did a lot of match drilling and made progress for what seems like the first time in a week. It was a rarity, but I was so defeated I actually took a day and went fishing to get a break.

Here is my progress
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Had some interesting visitors yesterday

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Marine 1 and 2

[TrueAirSpeed]

Hang in there Jay! You’re doing fine.

[Utah-Jay]

Messed with baffling again today, and also clamped in my plenum and scat tube for the oil cooler. The scat tube is 4” for a lot of air flow, 3” to 4” doubles the volume
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[Utah-Jay]

If anyone ever says baffling is fun I might hit them with a shovel

This is super slow and tedious, I am just measuring about 20 times, then a few more then times for good measure (pun intended) I finally started drilling and putting things together today.

Front ramp/ram air area
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