Author Archives: DonAlexander

2-3-2012 14 hours since last entry….I guess. Every day except for one day I’ve been working on bending the slider frame. The object is to bend the frame so that it sits 1/4-3/8″ above the roll bar, the side rails … Continue reading →

1-24-2012 3.3 hours Most of my time was spent bending and grinding the slider frame. I now have the rails very close, I think. I ground the front tubes down and the front bow is essentially parallel to the roll … Continue reading →

1-22-2012 – 4.9 Hours The session started with mounting the roll bar. It’s a bit putty trying to bolt the roll bar in but it is possible with a little tweaking. The roll bar is supposed to be perpendicular to … Continue reading →

1/20/2012 – 3.2 Hours Picking up where I left off yesterday, I drilled the pilot holes out to full size in both the fuselage and the roll bar and made the funky shims that help clamp the roll bar to … Continue reading →

January 19, 2012 – 2.1 hours I finished riveting the aft fuselage. There were perhaps 50 rivets that Steve and I did not get to and these are done. I also did some evaluation of the work we did and … Continue reading →

…but not very many entries. Sorry about that but I think my readership amounts to two people and mostly I am keeping this up to document, for the FAA, that I built this plane. So here’s what’s been happening. My … Continue reading →

11/26/11 3.6 hours Finished the fuel tank vents, except for installing one more adel clamp on each side and screening the forward facing vents. Next I drilled the brake line exit holes next to the gear leg exit hole. Worked … Continue reading →

11/22/11 2.5 hours Installed the four brake cylinders on the rudder pedals. This amounted to positioning the pedals, installing the top of the cylinder and then drilling the bottom hole in place. Pretty simple actually.

11/21/11 3.6 hours The 5202 aluminum tubing arrived Aircraft Spruce. Shipping on the 6′ lengths was about $15. Originally, I had ordered it in 12′ lengths. AS dropped me an email saying my $60 order would cost $144 to ship, … Continue reading →

11/20/11 1.6 hours I carefully figured out how to square the doghouse up. It meant moving two platenuts, installing two more platenuts, and running a tap through all of the platenuts. What a difference that last step makes! The screws … Continue reading →