Little detour on my way to being airborne. I’m working my way through the Production Acceptance Procedures and debugging some loose wiring of the EGT probes. I also attended a nice lecture by the local EAA chapter which was held at the “condo” hangers at DLZ. Just for fun, I dropped a line to inquire as to the actual cost of said hangars, expecting to get confirmation of the ~$100K that local wisdom had dispensed. Instead, I was pleased to find that $45K was the actual asking price. I did spend a day trying to fit both 7623V and 76012 into a slightly larger hangar, but that simply wasn’t practical.
I did end up buying H-11 yesterday and spent the day moving the plane and all misc stuff from the old, drafty, cold, dark hangar that I rented over the winter and into the new (well, about 10 yr old), bright, insulated, heated hangar that I have to call my own. BTW, in the photo below, the lights are not even turned on. It’s amazing how much of an increased in perceived brightness is achieved with light colored (in this case, insulated) walls.
Today I finished up unpacking, finally got solid connections on the EGT probes and knocked out a couple of pages of the PAP. The fuel tank was removed to make way for the split bulkhead upgrade. Tomorrow, I hope to finish the bulkhead, reinstall the fuel tank, fill & calibrate the tank and resume the pneumatic balancing of the carburetors at full throttle.
With luck, first flight will be in 2 weeks.
N76012 in H-11
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