New Home!

After a full day of work, I was able to move the project to its proper place, a larger single-car garage. Special features include a folding cloth stand, hardware bins, and plen

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ty of shelving.

Making the Workspace Work

I didn't accomplish too much this weekend, but things add up. Hopefully my dad and I can get the floors coated next weekend. The plane will be a nice fit without wings on and should be able to squeeze through the small garage door at an angle. Notice the hanging cowlings; we didn't want to step on them. Getting them down will be tricky but will be awhile. I'm working on assembling a cloth cabinet to protect it from dust, and it just needs latches. I also set up multiple bins to hold misc. little items (rivets, screws, etc.). I try to look over the plans every night before sleeping to familiarize myself with them before getting to work. Next actual parts on the airplane are nose gear installation, canard, installation, and nose shaping.

Last but not least, the project came with some old radios, anybody know about these? The Dynair is super old, and the 2morrow has some screws missing. I don't exactly plan to use them, but I'm curious about them.

Confidence Layup

This layup was designed to make sure you build things tough enough. The part is supposed to handle at least 10g's, although I've tested mine at 11g's at an EAA meeting to show off. I am proud of workmanship on this piece and so is my dad. I tried very hard and gave very close attention to my work. If I ever have a nice desk at a future workplace, I will use it as a fancy name plate.




I plan to do the practice wing next, due to the leftover requirement of building the wings. I'm currently working on assembling a simple hot wire foam cutter. One of my buddies from the RC club has got a CNC foam cutter working. We believe that if we can get the files onto the computer and if we enlarge the size of the machine, we should be able to CNC cut the wings. This should allow for much less work and hassle.We might just attempt this with the practice wing.

Practice Layup #1

Here is my awful practice layup. It's pretty shameful, but I did alright for my first. The piece is 6 piles of BID and weighs right in the sweet spot. I actually started my practicing before I got the project because I was interested in the technique. Now, I will actually be applying it. I plan on taking a look at the canard soon to see what canard he built for it. He has the info on the Roncz, but I don't know for sure if he built it. Next is the confidence layup.

Here it is!

Here are some photos of the project as we trucked it home. I was surprised that nobody gave us looks as we pulled into the Wally World lot to get some gas. The plane probably last saw sunshine 10-20 years ago. The plane is currently 20 minutes away until I can get some more space cleared out for it. Of course I couldn't resist getting some early stick time in my front lawn!

First Post

Hello Everyone. I started this blog to document the building process of my Lon-EZ project. They say opportunity knocks, but opportunity sort of threw a rock through my window when I found a local with a Long-EZ project. When I purchased it, the fuselage and canard were finished, working on Chapters 12-13 (Canard and Nose Gear Installation). For the next few months, most of my posts will be focusing on my practice layups. Please Follow and offer advice as you feel free to!