Ed working on the rear stabilizer
The engine cowling is fitted
Eric working on the elevator
Control cables running to the back of the plane
Friday, June 24, 2011
6/24/11-Day Five
More detail work. The engine cowling got fitted and mounted. The wings continue to be finished out and the rear stabilizer and elevator got mounted.
Ed working on the rear stabilizer
The engine cowling is fitted
Eric working on the elevator
Control cables running to the back of the plane
Ed working on the rear stabilizer
The engine cowling is fitted
Eric working on the elevator
Control cables running to the back of the plane
Thursday, June 23, 2011
6/23/11-Day Four
Not a lot of major changes today-but we were working on detail work to the wings like installing the gas tanks and detail work to the fuselage area like installing the control sticks and the seat pans.
Eric working on the seat rails
I installed these (4) CHT (cylinder head temperature) thermocouples into the engine-it took about an hour because of the tight spaces (no room to get a wrench in)
One of (4) gas tanks ready to be installed into the wings
Rudder installed
Bottom of the cabin with some of the wiring installed
Seat pans installed
Control sticks being synchronized
Eric working on the seat rails
I installed these (4) CHT (cylinder head temperature) thermocouples into the engine-it took about an hour because of the tight spaces (no room to get a wrench in)
One of (4) gas tanks ready to be installed into the wings
Rudder installed
Bottom of the cabin with some of the wiring installed
Seat pans installed
Control sticks being synchronized
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
6/22/11-Day Three
Today was devoted to putting on the top skins onto the wings (approx. 1000 rivets) and mounting the front landing gear and tires and braking systems.
Eric and Mike finishing up some engine work
Beginning to rivet-one down, one thousand to go!
Eric showing me how it's done!-He's really good at it-and fast too!
How it looks from inside the wing when you're "bucking" rivets
N449MF lands on its own three wheels for the first time!
A finished wing section-not bad for a couple of rookies
Eric and Mike finishing up some engine work
Beginning to rivet-one down, one thousand to go!
Eric showing me how it's done!-He's really good at it-and fast too!
How it looks from inside the wing when you're "bucking" rivets
N449MF lands on its own three wheels for the first time!
A finished wing section-not bad for a couple of rookies
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6/21/11-Day Two of the Build
We completed the wiring and running of control cables and tubing inside the wing sections today and then temporarily mounted them to the fuselage to set the wing angle of incidence and dihedral. After those were set we then fabricated the wing struts and drilled them in place. Once that was done the wings were taken into the rivet room where tomorrow we will start to rivet on the upper skins. This should take about two days to do.
Eric and Mike worked on the front of the aircraft and got the firewall fabricated, mounted the engine mount and finished up the rudder pedal assembly. Ben and I also finished the tailwheel assembly that we started yesterday. A pretty good days work!
Justin finishing up the inside of the LH wing
LH wing temporarily mounted
Both wings mounted
Break time!
Engine mount assembly
Rudder pedal assembly
Tailwheel assembly-notice the laser line for alignment
Eric and Mike worked on the front of the aircraft and got the firewall fabricated, mounted the engine mount and finished up the rudder pedal assembly. Ben and I also finished the tailwheel assembly that we started yesterday. A pretty good days work!
Justin finishing up the inside of the LH wing
LH wing temporarily mounted
Both wings mounted
Break time!
Engine mount assembly
Rudder pedal assembly
Tailwheel assembly-notice the laser line for alignment
Monday, June 20, 2011
6/20/11-Day One of the Build
Got to Glasair at 7:00 in the morning and met everyone and was given a tour of their facility-very impressive-most of their components are built in house or are in the process of being brought in house. It's nice to see American products being built by American workers.
Am extremely impressed by the organization set up for the build. Every task has written instructions, a complete set of pictures and a complete bill of materials of all parts required. All the parts for a task are already sorted into a plastic parts bin and you don't have to go searching for anything.
The mechanics that we're working with are top notch (Ben, shop foreman-Joe and Justin, wing specialists-Devin, rear empennage' (tail section)-Mike, engine and cabin compartment). These guys are very knowledgeable and willing to share their knowledge and are fun to work with too.
Cabin weld fixture.
My engine!
My panel frontside
My panel backside
Me sitting on my fat butt caulking the oil cooler
My fuselage with the fiberglass halves already mated to the steel cabin cage
Am extremely impressed by the organization set up for the build. Every task has written instructions, a complete set of pictures and a complete bill of materials of all parts required. All the parts for a task are already sorted into a plastic parts bin and you don't have to go searching for anything.
The mechanics that we're working with are top notch (Ben, shop foreman-Joe and Justin, wing specialists-Devin, rear empennage' (tail section)-Mike, engine and cabin compartment). These guys are very knowledgeable and willing to share their knowledge and are fun to work with too.
Cabin weld fixture.
My engine!
My panel frontside
My panel backside
Me sitting on my fat butt caulking the oil cooler
My fuselage with the fiberglass halves already mated to the steel cabin cage
Sunday, June 19, 2011
6/19/11 Travel Day
Today Eric and I got up at 2:00 am to make our morning flight out to Seattle, Washington. Everything went fine and we got to our hotel at about 1:00 pm local time. The weather here is kinda gloomy (overcast and 62 degrees), but we spent the day getting oriented to our surroundings and going out and grocery shopping for next week. Tomorrow we start the build.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Engine & Prop
Lycoming IO-390-X
Lycoming IO-390-X series engines are 390 cubic inch, fuel-injected, 4-cylinder direct drive engines that produce 210 horsepower at 2,700 RPM. The IO-390-X is one of Lycoming's "Specialty" engines, and is designed to meet the power, payload, and speed requirements of the fast-growing kit aircraft segment. All this power and innovation is offered with the advantage of low fuel consumption, only 11.1 gallons per hour at 65 per cent power.
The propeller will be a Hartzell blended airfoil 74" controllable pitch prop. This combination should be good for about 130 knots cruise.
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