It's been a while since I posted but on the mean time I have flown 100 hrs on N11EU. Regarding construction, when I started flying my strategy was to have the airplane completed enough to safely fly but there was still a few things that needed to be completed. Mostly finish type things and panel but other things such as the cold air plenum needed to be completed. The airplane is still unpainted.
In the pictures attached I show current work on the intake cold air planum (I have been flying with K&N cone filters), some work on the cushions and covers and an example of the many things I had to do to this "rebuilt" engine (in this picture I show carburetor overhaul).
On the seat cushions, I made some thin plywood back frames and bonded shaped foam to them. The bottom is Confor foam and the back is regular PU foam except for the headrest which is also Confor foam. The covers are simple pillow covers with some stitching to shape them properly. These covers are mostly to protect the foam since the plan is to have them properly covered once time, funds and finding the right person to do it happen.
In reality a lot more has been worked on in the last months since the airplane started flying but the airplane has been holding well and nothing on the airframe has caused any problems (cant say the same on the engine side of things).
Regarding flying, this is an incredible little plane. On the good side is amazing speed for the fuel consumption. I was not getting much speed initially with the Woodcomp prop (110 knots) but once I changed to DUC (still fixed pitch) I can now easily cruise at 1350-140 knots at 5200 RPM which is quite impressive.
On the negative side the seating is not the comfiest and learning to properly land this thing was a huge challenge but honestly it is worth it. The Monowheel is certainly a fun airplane to fly.