Cozy MKIV: "Grey Lady" Updates Blog
05-01-2009
Recent Updates:
 | 11-27-2011: Completed in Engine Files The completion of this step was recorded in the 13BT Rotary Installation Guide. |
 | 11-27-2011: Installing Avionics Avionics are something you usually leave until the last possible moment, because every month of the build brings new innovations (and price reductions). I'm glad I did - I started the build before Dyn... |
 | 09-11-2011: Sanding... I think I'm going to have a lot of posts with this title. I did a bit of sanding just to round out the day. The top of the wing had micro on it (used up from a previous job - who knows what, it was 2+... |
 | 09-11-2011: Rigging Installed This step went pretty quickly. When I got the wings from Dennis he had already set up the hidden belhorns. All I had to do was run the cables, swage the thimble onto the end of each one, and hook up t... |
 | 09-11-2011: Nobody Will See It... Except the Kids I took an extra hour while prepping the wing root hardware to paint the major surfaces (the control tubes and mounting brackets) in contrasting colors. That'll make the boys happy. I know nobody else ... |
 | 09-11-2011: Aileron Mounting This step shouldn't have taken 2+ hours, but it's been so long since I've driven a rivet that I put them in upside down and had to drill them out because they didn't have enough clearance! That done, ... |
 | 09-11-2011: Pilot's side installed This has been hanging around for a while, never a priority - and it still really isn't, but I had some extra epoxy tonight and couldn't think of anything else to do with it so I made up some BID tapes... |
 | 09-11-2011: Left Aileron This took a lot longer than I expected mainly because I kept screwing it up. I wasn't getting my rivets flush enough (at one point I installed them upside-down) and having to drill them back out of th... |
 | 09-11-2011: Painting This is nowhere near necessary, but I have four kids now and they all wanted some bling. I took a bit to paint the controls and tubes for the wing root. Moving surfaces are yellow, and fixed surfaces ... |
 | 09-11-2011: Wing Intersection Trim John started this step by stuffing the gap between the wing and strake with blue foam and prepping the area for a layup. A 2-BID tape goes across this shelf. Once it cured, I cut a perfectly straight ... |