Other Aircraft & Misc.

Other Airplanes & Misc.
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Plans & Book

Trim Tabs & Control Horns

Fuselage Construction1

Aft Controls-Misc

Aft Fuse & start Center Section

Cabane & Center Section

Cross Bracing & Land Gear

Wing Spar & On the Gear

Bottom of Fuse & Eng.Mount

Windscreen & Start Wings

Top Right Wing

Upper Wings & Fuel Tank

Fuel Tank & Brakes

Other Airplanes-Misc.

Building Lower Wings

Ailerons-Wings-Struts

Final Assembly-Carb Heat

Final Assembly (cont)

The Final Verse

My Book

Top Row
Photo #1 & 2 -This is my main man -- Don Aven who is part owner of the local airport. A long time pilot, an A&P and rebuilder of basket cases. Says he has never bought an airplane and been able to fly it home. Good people - patient - and dots every "I" before he calls it DONE. While I am complaining about how damned cold it is in my garage - he hauls his Breezy out and test fly's it on Tuesday 1-14-03. Barely 50 degrees outside and you can tell he is a bit chilly (or is that frozen). Flew right off the board so to speak. No adjustments necessary.......... and I won't tell you he forgot to fasten his ....... no I am not going to tell you that. But his fly was zipped, thank God !! --- I will tell you that his wife, Mary, makes some outstanding chocolate covered cherries.

Photo #3 -This slick little Mini Max belongs to Dennis Robinson - a guy who cranks out airplanes as fast as anyone I know. He has had a Fisher Tiger Moth, a Jodel, a 2 place high wing job designed by friend & EAA inspector Tim Seratt and others homebuilts I am not aware of. Dennis helped me with my motor mount and a lot of other items - too numerous to mention - and a nice guy. This photo taken at their own little airport in Rogers, Arkansas. A very active group down there.
Photo #4 - Pete and Gert Corrigan finished this beautiful RV6-A about 2 years ago. Test flights went fine. Had one dead stick landing due to an automotive part failure but it was greased right back on the home runway. Cleaned the seats, fixed the part and all is well.
Photo #5 - T.L. Hillis lives near Cassville, Mo. His Murphy Renegade is now ready to fly after 8 years of building. Has a Subaru EA 81 auto engine with a reduction drive. Outstanding power! Beautiful craftsmanship! Fly's fine. Several test flights accomplished as of late 2003.

Bottom Row
Photo #1 -Finished the sides - 3 coats of Poly-U inside and out, re-attached cabane and am now fitting the final plywood top piece. Wanting to put in inspection plates here so I can access the turnbuckles, engine and tank bolts.
Photo #2 -Checking the wheel alignment. Am sure I will need a shim but don't know for sure until I take these measurements. Going to set the fuse outside on my front porch now and start on the lower wing. May attach the engine to get it off of the tire in the garage.
Photo #3 -April 17 - 2003 ..... A day that will live in my mind forever. We had been unable to bum an engine lift, so I began laying out the rear spars for my lower wings. Wham-Bam Don Aven shows up with a lift. But had to get it back in about an hour and a half. Crap ...... before we knew it, it was mounted and he was gone. Where do you find guys like that ?? And the damned thing matched right up. For that I can thank Tim Seratt - Dennis Robinson and Ken Sherman. Tim helped me get the mount started, showed me how to do it, Dennis welded in the cross brace and did a fine job and Kenny Sherman was the main welder. What else can you ask for. All I can say is ....... you just can't do much of anything in life without help and you sure can't build an airplane without guys like these. Thanks !!!!
Photo #4 -A shot from the rear showing the inst. panel and part of the engine. Damn it's sure starting to look big and ........ like a friggen airplane. We were careful to have the tail tied down when we mounted the engine as my calculations had indicated it might tip forward if we had the fuse level. It didn't but was darned close. My calculations included the generator and mags, which were not installed. What you see, less the engine, ended up weighing 246 pounds. So it looks like it will come in around 720 to 750 for a wing loading of about 7 lbs. per sq. ft. and a power loading around 14-15 as I recall.
Photo #5 -I just like to make sure everything is going to work the way I want, before I put any glue on it. The lower wing is a little different than the upper. Have to make a wing walk and have to make provisions for the aileron push rod. In addition I wanted to figure out a way to make my struts adjustable, so the strut fitting is also different. There is text on the picture to explain what you might be seeing. I just clamped on a scrap piece of 1/8 ply to show how it will be glued on. The real piece will cover the 13 1/2 inch wide wing walk. Found a junk air scoop/filter/heater box on eBay so it should be coming in a week or so. Will need major work but gives me a good start.

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