My buddy ,Kenny from the r/c field and now a skydiver ,picked me up this cool little camera to put in my flying S1-S . I mounted it on a tab held in place by the canopy halo.The camera sits right at the canopy/windshield junction, about three inches above and forward of my head.I still have to figure out the sound on it though.The plane has a cut down for Reno canopy but there is just enough room.
The sequence is the 2009 Sportsman IAC . I'm flying over my friends grape vineyard .The dark green that you see in the video is about 3200 feet long and the pond is center box.The sequence begins and ends with the traditional 3 wing wags.I liked this video and will have to get some coaching from the ground as I see some flaws in some of the 45 down lines.(Shortline after roll.)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Christen Oil system
I picked up a nice inverted system with a pan for a O-320 on ebay a few weeks ago..The original system went with the engine when the salvage yard sold it.I've been looking for one for the rv-4 for over 2 years...
Poor man CNC noseribs
Here's various photos of how I made 16 nice new noseribs to get started on the lower wings.
I clamped 8 at a time together for left and right, then cut hem out on a bandsaw and finished them up on a belt sander.
The holes closest to the spar were there in the original noserib for the pitot and static lines to run through..
Tailwheel Mount
Here's a photo of the tailwheel mount .I still have to double check the alignment with a laser light when the main gear is installed.
More things Completed
Well,the rudder pedals are installed,the whole assembly was removed from the old diagonals and reinstalled via the factory blueprints.This leaves the flying wire attach brackets and the cowl attach brackets ,both which are fabricated, left to weld on.
I had my first day off in 17 days of flying jumpers and got a lot done today.
Stopped by the hangar at SNS and did a little on the RV-4 fuel tanks I'm building then came home and had a brainstorm on how to mass produce some nose ribs for the lower wings that have to be replaced..Icut 16 5by 4" 1/4 thick pieces of aircraft ply.proceeded to make a bottom crush clamp from scrap ply to create the bottom of the clamp,then took a noserib from the wrecked lower wings and clamped it to the top of the stack of plates..I bolted the assembly together with the bolts that hold the bottom of the master cylinders to the fuse..
Cut them out on the bandsaw following the outline of the original noserib and finished them up nice on the beltsander.Having a hard time getting the photos off the sandisk and into the computer..
Last week I finished the tailwheel mount by removing the tube and adding a pinchtube to it.Welded it back on.I have to get the main gear on to finish the tailwheel.(Want to make SURE it's perfectly lined up..I've already been off roading due to a crooked tailwheel.NOT FUN!)Tommorow I will start making a rib jig..I figure I will make ribs at work while i'm waiting on parachute repacking..1-1/2 hour wait 3-4 times a day will give time to make a few ribs...I cut one of the ribs out of the broken lower wings and will make a cool jig from the outline.
I had my first day off in 17 days of flying jumpers and got a lot done today.
Stopped by the hangar at SNS and did a little on the RV-4 fuel tanks I'm building then came home and had a brainstorm on how to mass produce some nose ribs for the lower wings that have to be replaced..Icut 16 5by 4" 1/4 thick pieces of aircraft ply.proceeded to make a bottom crush clamp from scrap ply to create the bottom of the clamp,then took a noserib from the wrecked lower wings and clamped it to the top of the stack of plates..I bolted the assembly together with the bolts that hold the bottom of the master cylinders to the fuse..
Cut them out on the bandsaw following the outline of the original noserib and finished them up nice on the beltsander.Having a hard time getting the photos off the sandisk and into the computer..
Last week I finished the tailwheel mount by removing the tube and adding a pinchtube to it.Welded it back on.I have to get the main gear on to finish the tailwheel.(Want to make SURE it's perfectly lined up..I've already been off roading due to a crooked tailwheel.NOT FUN!)Tommorow I will start making a rib jig..I figure I will make ribs at work while i'm waiting on parachute repacking..1-1/2 hour wait 3-4 times a day will give time to make a few ribs...I cut one of the ribs out of the broken lower wings and will make a cool jig from the outline.
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