Sunday, October 15, 2023

 High Sierra Fly In

10/14/2023

The Sacramento RV14 group flew to Dead Cow lakebed airstrip in Nevada to view the solar eclipse and watch the bush plane STOL races at the High Sierra Fly In. We flew out at daybreak. After landing we taped up all the openings on the airplanes to keep out the fine alkaline dust that blows across the lake bed. 

It was overcast with some breaks in the clouds so we were able to catch some glimpses of the eclipse. The maximum eclipse happened around 9:20am. The STOL races were fun to watch. Those pilots are pretty skilled.







Wednesday, January 18, 2023

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Hours: 5

Finished up reassembly of the airplane. I applied HDMW tape around the bottom of the gear legs and foam sealant tape around the top of the gear legs and then attached the gear leg fairings. Hopefully that will minimize paint wear on those moving parts.
















Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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Hours: 6

Today we hung the elevators and rudder and rewired the rudder nav/strobe light. We also attached the landing gear fairings, wing tips and wing/fuselage fairings.



 

Monday, January 16, 2023

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Hours: 6

After letting the paint cure over the weekend, I began reassembling the airplane. I applied new felt under the wing trailing edge flap area to prevent chafing when the flaps are retracted. Then I attached the ailerons and flaps. The painters were still touching up various areas so I wasn't able to get much more done today.





Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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The red paint was completed and today the paint shop is applying the top clear coat. Almost done!



 

Friday, January 6, 2023

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Since the last visit to the paint shop the gray highlights were painted and work continued on building up the red areas.




Friday, December 30, 2022

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Masking for the red areas was completed and the first tack coat of red was shot.