http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos "Flying is done largely with the imagination." Wolfgang Langewiesche Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:29:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With work and law school taking much of my time work on El Gato Dos as taken a back seat. No progress to report, however here are two aviation related photos... Lancaster at the Nova Scotia Aviation Museum at Greenwood, large bugger isn't it? Self portrait in flight over Lake Austin http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=29 Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Work and law school are keeping me busy... I did get a chance to assemble the completed components of the tail and mount them securely on my test platform and do some driveway flying ;-) Stability and handling are good... VMax is about 3 ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=28 Here is the first flight plaque I received for the original El Gato's first flight. It is a motivation to complete El Gato Dos! http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=27 On Saturday I got the mounting for the trim servo done and was ready to install it into the left elevator. However one last thing remained to do, add the wiring to connect it up through the horizontal stabilizer and so it can be wired up to the control stick ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=26 Building requires a lot of filing, cutting and fiveting, but one of the key things in building a good, safe plane is paying attention to the plans and the building instructions. Reading the blueprints carefully is vital to building the plane exactly the way it was specified. The builders manual, ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=25 On the left elevator of the RV7 tail there is a small trim tab. The tab requires a that the builder fold the ends to complete it. The best way to accomplish this is with a sheet metal brake. That's another one of those nice to have tools that I ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=24 Well now that El Gato [one] has been gone for two years and El Gato Dos is just starting I'm really missing my flying. My friend Rick called me an made the grave mistake of saying he just bought a Citabria... mistake because I'll be showing up on his doorstep ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=23 I'm almost finished with assemby of the left elevator. It's a bit more complicated than the right one since the left one has a trim tab and houses the trim servo. The skin is riveted to the skeleton and the final step is to close the leading edge of the ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=22 Now that the empennage is built, I have to add the tips to the rudder, stabilizers and elevators. They are supplied in the kit as rough fiberglass parts that have to be fitted, cut to size and attached. Below is a picture of the tip drilled into place on the horizontal ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=21 Building a plane sometimes means you goof...you drill a hole in the wrong place, bend a rivet, make a ding in a skin or some such misadventure. It happens, the thing you need to do is recognize it and fix it. Glossing over it is not a proper choice when ... http://kumhyr.com/topics/david/elgatodos/?p=19