Misc

Spouse Inspection

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My wife Pam came over to look at the plane.  She says this is her first and last time sitting in it!

Moved Plane to my new Building

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I put the plane in a storage unit for a while after I sold my hangar at the Middleton airport.  I used the hangar money to build this storage building on my property.  Then we moved the plane out of storage to here. 

Moved the plane from the airport to storage

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We were not working on the plane much due to Covid.  I sold my hangar at the Middleton airport, we moved the fuselage to a storage unit and the wings to Justin’s hangar.  I hear you can just hook the tailwheel to the hitch if you’re going < 1 mile.

Brake Bleeding, tailwheel changing, and Flying – 4/17/2016

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Today we worked on Ethan’s other plane, a 1982 Wag-a-Bond.  He had skis on it this winter and needed help bleeding the brakes when he took the skis off. Remove the cap from the master cylinder, unscrew the small bleeder screw from the bleeder seat/fitting/adapter on the bottom of the brake caliper (**not the larger … Read more

About the Project

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We are building a 2 person seaplane that was ordered as a kit. It is a Searey flying boat seaplane kit manufactured by Progressive Aerodyne.  There are about 500 models of this plane that are currently flying which makes it one of the more popular small kit planes.  The plane can currently be purchased as … Read more

Wing Stand – 1/31/2016

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I found some plans for a wing stand which I think originate from the EAA. We’re going to need something like that as the wings will be more fragile with the cuffs and leading edgeswhich seem to be less tough than their rain gutter cousins.  I made it a little taller and a little longer.I … Read more

Seat Bushings, Ceiling eyebolts for lifting plane – 11/25/2015

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Worked on minor stuff today, seat bushings and drilling holes in my spancrete garage ceilingto put in lifting eyebolts.   We used Redhead wedge anchors and eye nuts from McMaster Carr.     New bushing for Seat quick removal   Eye nuts in spancrete ceiling for lifting plane Upper Tailpost Support – had trouble getting this … Read more

Painting gas tank – 10/10/15

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Ethan had a friend help him paint the gas tank with green primer on 10/9.  That took about 3 hours to rough it up with scotchbrite pads and paint. He brought over the gas tank  on 10/10 and we spent an hour doing riveting and looking at some lime buildup inside of the tank.  We’re … Read more

Inventoried Wing parts, tested Gas tank 9/7/15

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We riveted some cable clips to the boom tube and did some testing of the aluminum gas tank.  We rinsed the inside of the tank with water and removed at least one aluminum shaving. Then we put some plastic npt plugs in it and did some rudimentary pressure testing.  We’re going to get the fuel tank … Read more