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Aerovee Assembly

It has taken another 50 hours of stuffing around. All I had to do was put the wings on and connect everything up..........sounds simple...

It has taken another 50 hours of stuffing around. All I had to do was put the wings on and connect everything up.......sounds simple...

Today is a major day in any aircraft builder's list......it has been almost 6 years, about 1500 odd hours of actual work and probably the...

I'm getting there. I have spent approximately 40 hours to date cleaning, polishing and rubbing back. I've sprayed 3 coats of 2 pack so...

I've spent the past few weeks finishing off the myriad of little things that seem never ending. Fitting the wing root fairing and walkway...

Setting up linkages, adjusting travel and removing slop from Sonex control system.

Fitting instruments and wiring to Sonex instrument panel. Rigging up hand brake.

This was an issue that has been bothering me for the past two years. Every time I looked at my wing tips was just grrrrrr! I made the...

This seeming simple task, actually turned into a bit of a marathon. I was only planning on just making and fitting the fairings that go...

The cowling is still a work in progress, I purchased the universal horizontal split cowl from Sonex. Mine was about 1/8" short on the...

Installing the canopy seems to scare just about everyone that I've spoken to or read about. Well, add me to the list! There are numerous...

I've been busy building not computing for a little while. I finally managed to complete the cooling baffles today. They don't look like...

From the photos it looks like not much has changed, but hours and hours of work disappear while making and fitting these components. I...

This is the result after 8 hours of work. I don't like the look of the Aerovee one, I know that it is compact but I reckon that it looks...

This should really be titled as how to fit 5ft 10" & 200lbs upside down into a Sonex. If you suffer from claustrophobia don't read this!...