This past week has yielded some good progress on 7DG. We put on registration numbers and unveiled the new prop and shiny chrome spinner. We continued to get the interior ready and the instruments received their final checks. Small details were being taken care of and final inspections were being accomplished as panels were being closed and flight control surface travels were triple checked. The engine was deinhibited from storage and pre-oiled, getting ready for the first engine run. The first run happened earlier this week, and was a fantastic success. There is always a bit of nervous expectations when running a new engine. Well, those nervous expectatations for me turned into jittery excitement. I think the run only made me want to fly the plane more and see how she performs in the air. Caleb used my camera to video most of the run, but I have been having trouble uploading a portion of it...hopefully, I can keep trying and get it on there sometime.
After the run, we made a few adustments while continuing to get the airframe ready. We painted interior plastic pieces this week, as well as the floor. The floor gets painted the dark gray of the instrument panel and then gets an anti-skid tape on top. On Monday, the guys will finish putting down the anti-skid tape, then we'll install the side plastic interior pieces. Once those are in, seats can be installed and arrangements will be made to weigh the airplane. All these things need to be done before we can sign the logbook entry and test fly the airplane.
Things still need to be done, but we are now on the home stretch...
Hey, that's my name...
Putting on registration with Caleb.
Oooohh...shiny!
Who wouldn't like that look?
Resting for the weekend.
Instrument panel looking very nice.
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