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Right on! Glad to hear it - I hope we can meet up!

I ran into a couple friendly guys at Oshkosh representing the NZ FlyInn. Turns out my whole family is dying to see NZ and we were not hard to get signed up! So we will be visiting your beautiful country in Feb 2028. And that's the earliest slot open! Hah! If anybody happens to be free in 20...

I copied Nev and got slightly smaller o-rings, mine have been perfectly fine since as well. Three years going. They WERE a total pain before that mod though.

how I did it

Hi Nev, The limits should be managed by the geometry of the system bellcranks etc. There isn’t a hard physical “stop” in the control stick assembly or elsewhere. In my case I had to carve a curve into my control stick assembly where the stick hit the edges of the fixture - to enable full...

So I have an interesting dilemma. I have a rolling tendency that I can’t explain. More specifically an aileron deflection tendency. The ailerons are trying to deflect into a left roll. If I let go of the stick from neutral it just goes to the left. I’ve checked the rigging and it looks good...

So I’m down to fairings to finish this project. And they are a somewhat bigger beast than I expected. One that I’m definitely unsure of is the plastic gear strut fairings which look like they should slip on when the struts are detached. But I don’t see how to keep them in place or oriented with...

We did our demo Flt in that plane. It was the last straw in our decision to build one! This is my wife’s surprised expression after the first takeoff :) Congrats on the new bird!

Howdy - Like most IO540s, I suppose, I have an alternator and starter on the front that I need to run wires to. My understanding is that those wires need to be separated from the sensitive sensor wires (CHT, EGT, etc). How have you all run and secured all these wires? Any pictures? Also I...

I attached the aluminum side panel to the outside. Trimmed the edge just below the corner so legs wouldn’t rub on it. the belly panel indeed terminates there. there are a few forum entries on clearance for the shock struts, a little google searching should yield results...

I've seen how some have used the RV FAB kit, and seen how others have opted for horizontal induction. Both seem like worthy but very time and labor intensive projects. I would like to find a solution using the standard Bearhawk box on a vertical intake with minimal fabrication. Has anybody...

There's enough discussion about the temperature limits for engine-side firewall-mounted EarthX batteries that I wondered how I could install some sort of sensor which would be incorporated into my EIS. Bingelis mentions temperature indicating stickers but I want something a little more...

Thanks guys - and great help Brooks. I started trying to figure out the wing root rigging today. It sure is a pain, one of the more frustrating puzzles so far. Besides clearing that upside-down "V" I have interference at the other end which appears to be just drawn into the design... A...

Question for you clever folks... I have the wings on and am just about done mounting the flaps and ailerons. One of the next steps is going to be drilling that torque tube. I'm pretty anxious about it because I am not good at drilling accurately or straight on tubing, plus I'm not sure how to...

Finished painting the fuselage last night. Today we put her back on her legs and extricated her from the garage/paint booth. Whew!

Howdy folks, I have finished the tail surfaces with Stewart Systems up to a double layer of fabric and now am starting to cover the interior of the plane. It has gone fairly smoothly so far, did the ceiling in parts much like Nev. I admittedly used his build log as a guide (thanks for all the...

I am trying to route my static line from behind the bulkhead forward to the instrument panel. My plan doesn’t seem very elegant to me so I’d like to know other’s thoughts.. - the lines climb from the ports on each side of the fuse aft of the baggage bulkhead to a T. Then after the lines...

Hey all, it’s a bit late notice but John Hanson from Stewart Systems is teaching a class the last weekend of the month (March). If anybody is interested it’s in Montana and I think we need at least one more person to make it feasible. Cheers!

I noticed that all the fairings have what looks like a nice black rubber edge on them. Can someone tell me what that stuff is and where to get it? Thank you much!