Bungee Fairing
While performing the flight testing we do some minor improvements. One point is a fairing around the bungees. Firstly I wanted to protect the fairings against dirt and oil. But …
Waiting and Waiting for the OUV – Gear Fairings
We are waiting and waiting for our OUV-assessment. It’s really frustrating having a ready to go airplane and waiting for the bureaucracy. Meanwhile I am doing minor things, which where …
Landing gear finished and installed
Today we finished the landing gear! The final covering will be done later, when painting.
Brake
This picture shows the brakes installed. My kit came with brakes from Matco.
Intermediate Bungees
I used this rope as intermediate bungees. Will be replace before the first start by real bungees.
First own steps
An impressive achievement today: The Rebel is standing on his own legs. Landing gear is installed.
Tire Mounted
Today we did the (hopefully) final mounting of the landing gear. It looks great. Tomorrow the next tire and then the Rebel is ready for the first excurstion outside …
Inspection holes in fuselage bottom
After some consideration, I decided to put inspection holes into the fuselage bottom. Thus the AN5 bolts in the carrythroughs may be accessed from outside. Just in case I …
Tire on rim
Today I mounted the tires on the rims. This was one of the sometimes occuring tasks that take much longer than expected. The Dico tire of my kit did …
Right Gear
With the experience from the left side, the right gear was a straightforward task. Drilling the axle with the stainless steel drills was easy this time.
Safety Cable
This shows the safety cable for the landing gear, put inside the tubes. The first time I made a nicopress connection. It worked ok with the cheap swaging tool …
Tailwheel done
All parts for the tailwheel installation are done. One final thing is to tighten all bolts. The bolts where missing. I need to order the bolts and have to …
Tailwheel Delrin Spacer
This is a spacer (from Delrin) to fix the tailwheel spring. Since I added a doubler (FUS-30) at the tailwheel position, the AN6 bolt is short and a …
Swivel Tail wheel
The tail wheel delivered with my kit is permanently connected, there is no handle to disconnect it from rudder during moving the fuselage. To overcome this I plan to …
Gear Installation
First part of landing gear installed. Thats all I can do for now. I have to wait for some parts to be delivered from Aircraft Spruce. It’s hard to …
Hanging Free
To prepare installing the landing gear, I removed the construction table and fixed the fuselage on the ceiling of the garage. Looks cool. Probably the first “flying feeling” for …
Hard Stuff
This was hard work: Drilling two holes in the axle (in the alu block) needed approximately 10 drills. Being used to aluminum this is a different experience. In the …