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Monthly Archives: August 2015

Time-lapse Video, 900 hours of work and move to airport.

This video includes all the time-lapse footage I have from January 2014 until August 2015. It’s essentially the entire build of the airframe. It’s missing the first 200 hours of the project because I didn’t have the camera setup for that portion of the build.

Categories: Aft Fuselage, Delivery and Workshop, Electrical, Fuel, Misc, Empennage, Engine Cowling, Firewall Forward, Flaps and Ailerons, Forward Fuselage, Fuselage, Fuselage Completion, Hangar Completion, Main Wings, Turbo Aerovee Engine, Videos, Waiex #197, Wing Spars, Wings | Leave a comment

Engine Cowling #3 (Hinge Fitment, cutouts and final fit.)

Total Build Time: 1082 Hours. With my repairs/reshaping of the cowling complete, I could now focus on the full fitment of the cowling. I noticed that there was some slight interference between the top side of the cowling and the oil cooler in the Turbo Aerovee installation. Removal of the small flange on top of … Continue reading »

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Engine Cowling #2 (Reshaping the cowling)

Total Build Time: 1060 Hours. Continuing from my previous post on the cowling, I had to find a solution to the over-sized cowling provided in my airframe kit. The following sequence of pictures show how I marked a cut line on the side of the cowling, and proceeded to cut a relief line in the … Continue reading »

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