I’m now getting ready for my airworthiness inspection and starting to go through the list of things to check. I haven’t done a thorough check on the gear for awhile, so I jacked the plane up and cycled the gear. This video shows cycling it several times, I probably cycled the gear ~15 times more […]
Main gear legs
I’m not sure how to finish the main gear legs. While its common to use plastic brake lines and just micro over them to attach them to the gear legs, the previous builder fitted my plane with braided steel lines. Better performance/durability, but I need to figure out how to deal with them. Currently, the […]
Retractable gear working
I spent this weekend getting my retractable gear working. Last weekend I picked up some 5606 aviation hydraulic fluid, so I filled the tank and gave it a whirl. I should have checked all the hydraulic fittings first, as after a few actuations, the red fluid started dripping out the bottom of the keel. I […]
Start of my Velocity project
It took me a few weeks to get this website going, so I’ll bring the log up-to-date by summarizing what I’ve been doing the last few weeks. On December 10/09 I flew to Minneapolis then drove to New Richmond WI to do a final inspection and crate up the Velocity project I would buy. I […]