Dec 20, 2022     Zip Tips - Unboxing       Category: Wings

Got my Zip Tips today. My early Christmas present! I ordered them at AirVenture in OSH. They were very well packaged and appear to be undamaged. Damien included a Posistrobe tail light as a show special. Now there is no need to cut a hole in the leading edge of the wings to mount landing lights. It's said that with the Zip Tip Premier version there is a slight increase in performance with the winglet style tips. Who knows... they might offset the drag induced by the AC Scoop on the bottom of the fuselage. :) I'm not to sure about that but who cares, they look really cool. These wingtips have a fully contained lighting module for the Landing Light, Taxi/WigWag, Navigation and Strobe. They also have a built-in Rear Position/Strobe. I'm hoping that this will simplify wiring.

  Sep 11, 2022     QB Wings Arrival !!!       Category: Wings

My QB Wings arrived today! Stewart Transportation does many aircraft kit deliveries as well as Cobra Car kits for Factory Five Racing. Their truck has an impressive crane system inside the box that makes unloading much more easy than a lift gate. The Driver, Mark and his wife showed up about 1230 to my hangar and we unloaded the wings. There were two fairly light weight boxes that contained the Flaps and Ailerons, one wooden crate that had some miscellaneous parts and the bottom skins and of course the two wings. Everything showed up in excellent condition. No damage to anything. I had made the cradle and they told me that of the previous 3 wing deliveries I was the only one that had made a cradle. So the unboxing and inventory began. I got all the small stuff sorted. I'll finish the bigger stuff tomorrow.

  Dec 30, 2021     Kit Order Status       Category: Wings

Ordered QB Wings September 2020. Thinking that the wings would be coming in summer of 2021 and the lead time for the Firewall Forward and Finish Kits would only be a few months I ordered these kits January of 2021. I was hoping to combine the shipping into one. Still waiting.... Other projects are able to keep me working but it is still disappointing.