TLDR Reinforced the cowling tip with fiberglass & epoxy Installed heat shield on the lower cowling Details Fiberglass & Epoxy As I mentioned in a previous blog, my cowling’s gap t...

TLDR Spent 2.5 hours to install the tail control covers Details Way back from when I built the vertical stablizer, there are a row of rivnuts on each side of the vertical stablizer. Today I...

TLDR Fitted the oil cooler Started to place oil lines Riveted the rear fuselage parachute box Details I started to work on the oil system today. First things first, I wanted to install ...

TLDR Fitted the oil lines but not torqued Details Worked on test fitting all oil lines on the engine, but haven’t torqued any yet. Fitting on Oil Cooler The oil coolers has 2 straight fitt...

TLDR Fitted the intercooler Details To fit the intercooler, a bunch of Rotax parts needs to come off the engine and be modified. Preparing Before starting, I cut 2 cardboards and placed th...

TLDR Put together the air filter Details The air filter lives right next to the intercooler. I decided to assemble it as a small task before the day ends. The steps are pretty straight forw...

TLDR Installed the 2 inspection doors on cowling Installed 2 bottom camlocs Installed the top cowling louver Details Throughout the build, I was frustrated on many steps: fuel tank, wiri...

TLDR Built a mobile app called Hopply for managing aircraft maintenance, squawks, and inspection dues Runs on both Android and iOS Still a work in progress, but I’ve been using it for my Sl...

TLDR Installed camlocs Started to fit inspection doors Details Camlocs Tools: Snap ring tool Camloc pliers Countersink bit and 3.2mm countersink rivets. I match drilled the caml...

TLDR Installed coolant radiator Installed coolant lines Received EAA Tech Counselor visit Details The main goal today was to install the coolant lines. It ended up being a super long day...