steveair2
Well-Known Member
Hey Guys!
I just got laid off! So I have decided to work full time on my biplane. I started this project in 2001, and I am very anxious to get her finished. This is a steel tube and wood airplane and has been a lot more work than I thought it would be. I have been making progress, but it seems painfully slow. Things I think I can make in a day seem to take a week. It took me a year just to build the landing gear. Most of that was spent building the shock struts. I'm thinking that starting this thread will help force me to make better progress.
I started this project with a partially completed wing kit from Fisher Flying Products. I have had to correct mistakes that the previous builder made. Misaligned bolt holes in the spars.
My dad talked me into building a steel tube fuselage. Even though now he denies it. But it is starting to come together now and I am getting exited. It is amazing the emotions that a project like this can give a person. There have been days when all I wanted to do is cut the thing up with a chainsaw. And I do have more gray hair now, and I do blame it on the plane. Not only will a project like this teach you new building skills, it will teach you alot of things about yourself that are not related to aviation.
My fuselage is based on the GN-1 Aircamper and Hatz CB-1. Flying wire and landing gear attach fittings are from the Steen Skybolt. And the landing gear are my own design exept for the shock struts wich are from the CB-1.
I have a A-75 that I plan on using for power. I will have no electrical system and plan on carving my own prop.
Well, thats my design in a nutshell. And the switch from Guiness Extra Stout and Bellhaven to Miller Highlife is not that bad of a shock to my system.
This is a great forum and I believe that it will do a lot to advance the homebuilt movement. I apreciate what I have learned from this forum and am glad to be able to contribute. I am sorry that I don't have more pictures to share. I do have a old picture on my album, I will try to get some more posted soon. Well, I guess thats about all I have to say for today.
Back to the buildathon!
Steve
I just got laid off! So I have decided to work full time on my biplane. I started this project in 2001, and I am very anxious to get her finished. This is a steel tube and wood airplane and has been a lot more work than I thought it would be. I have been making progress, but it seems painfully slow. Things I think I can make in a day seem to take a week. It took me a year just to build the landing gear. Most of that was spent building the shock struts. I'm thinking that starting this thread will help force me to make better progress.
I started this project with a partially completed wing kit from Fisher Flying Products. I have had to correct mistakes that the previous builder made. Misaligned bolt holes in the spars.
My dad talked me into building a steel tube fuselage. Even though now he denies it. But it is starting to come together now and I am getting exited. It is amazing the emotions that a project like this can give a person. There have been days when all I wanted to do is cut the thing up with a chainsaw. And I do have more gray hair now, and I do blame it on the plane. Not only will a project like this teach you new building skills, it will teach you alot of things about yourself that are not related to aviation.
My fuselage is based on the GN-1 Aircamper and Hatz CB-1. Flying wire and landing gear attach fittings are from the Steen Skybolt. And the landing gear are my own design exept for the shock struts wich are from the CB-1.
I have a A-75 that I plan on using for power. I will have no electrical system and plan on carving my own prop.
Well, thats my design in a nutshell. And the switch from Guiness Extra Stout and Bellhaven to Miller Highlife is not that bad of a shock to my system.
This is a great forum and I believe that it will do a lot to advance the homebuilt movement. I apreciate what I have learned from this forum and am glad to be able to contribute. I am sorry that I don't have more pictures to share. I do have a old picture on my album, I will try to get some more posted soon. Well, I guess thats about all I have to say for today.
Back to the buildathon!
Steve
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