Here is a short video of today’s cross country flight from Peterborough (CYPQ) to the Haliburton/Stanhope Municipal Airport (CND4), along with a couple photos below. It was a beautiful day in the Kawartha’s and the Haliburton area ! Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions about learning to fly tailwheel aircraft and visit …
A foam template of the rear seat heat duct sides was made to fit between the front seatback and forward landing gear bulkhead. Both side pieces, the top, and inner baffle for the heat duct were drawn on 1/4″ low density Clark foam. Workshop temperature was 24 deg C and humidity 60%. A batch of …
Note: The Cozy Chapter 8 parts list is missing the correct size nuts for the machine screws that hold down the canopy hinges. I won’t install the shoulder support until I receive the correct size nuts and all the machine screws for the canopy hinges are secured in place. Cut a 1″ hole through the …
Used a #12 drill bit to drill 5 holes in each of the two canopy hinges to secure them to the top longerons. Began to countersink the holes and tried out the first machine screw and corresponding nut. Unfortunately the nuts were the wrong size for the machine screws (even though I ordered exactly what …
Sanded the bonding surfaces of the canopy hinges with 220 grit then sanded the bonding surfaces of the upper longeron with 36 grit. Taped over the hinge pins to keep epoxy out then flox’d the hinges in position on the longeron and clamped a 2×4 to hold them down and in the same “plane”. Used …
