Jul 22, 2023     Airventure 2023 - (1 hour) Category: Research

Drove over to Oshkosh this year. 25th year in a row. July 22 to 28 and then to Lake Vermilion near the Boundary Waters area on the 29th for family vacation.

  Jul 09, 2022     Success...FAA Registration!       Category: Research

Countless hours and apx one YEAR of effort to get the kit registered as N2184.
Five prior owners, one of whom was deceased in a Reno air-racer accident, made the process challenging.
Whew!

  Jul 05, 2022     Sorting the paperwork stack at the hangar - (1.5 hours) Category: Research

Just what it says. Not very motivated!

  Jul 04, 2022     Assorted Puzzles - (1.9 hours) Category: Research

Didn't get very far....puzzled over how to modify the copilot rudder pedals, the original wing jig mounting brackets, and the fuel lines to the on-off switch.

  Jun 25, 2022     Swagelok - (3 hours) Category: Research

Glasair was an early adopter of Swagelok fittings, only to discontinue usage (the aluminum version of the fittings were low volume). They retreated to AN fittings and flared tubing. However, all the original work on this Glastar was with the Swagelok aluminum fittings. Replacing the one segment of fuel line means coming up with several of the original aluminum Swagelok's to maintain consistency. Tough! Posted on the owners board forum as a WTB (wanted to buy).

  Mar 29, 2022     Sorting aux tanks option to Bill of Materials - (1.2 hours) Category: Research

Glasair just sent the current BOM for the aux tanks. Helpful, several new items and several items deleted.

  Mar 28, 2022     Practice riveting and countersinking Category: Research

3 hours, don't include in project times. Practiced on the RV class project with rivet gun, pneumatic squeezer, micro counter sink.

  Feb 12, 2022     Anti-Chafe - (2.4 hours)       Category: Research

Took my only roll of anti-chafe tape and measured it out, and cut out 20 sections for the root area hat sections for the main tank support.

  Feb 11, 2022     Paperwork! - (2 hours) Category: Research

finally had to sort and 3-ring binder project pages now completed.

  Oct 11, 2021     Assembly Manual #1 - (1.9 hours) Category: Research

Reviewed Assembly Manual #1 page by page.

  Aug 24, 2021     Set up short term action plan - (5 hours) Category: Research

Short term: verify Waterline. Install rudder/HS/elevator and check travels. Remove TD gear. Hang wings & drill struts.
Reviewed prior owners' work to decide: prune (eg not TD but trike), panel I will not use, etc.
Ditto: repair (eg vertical fin spar hack. Missing drain holes.. Misdrilled gear (trike) sockets. etc.
Ditto: transition (Reinstall trike gear)

  Aug 09, 2021     Starting Volume II Assembly Manual - (2 hours) Category: Research

Continuing on with Jump Start Section reviews.

  Jul 15, 2021     Kit inventory update, physical to picking list comparison - (3 hours) Category: Research

  Jul 14, 2021     Compiling ownership lineage documents - (2.0 hours) Category: Research