What are you Building?

[bill utt]

Forgot to add that pictures are also at eaa 1167 site.That U-2 is sharp!

[Catocala]

Hi everybody.

I'm building a Souricette, which is a three axis ultralight made of wood and fabric.
Feel free to track the construction on the dedicated website:

http://fms7259.e-monsite.com/

I am an emblematic beginner. So, the web site should be interesting for evrybody wondering about how to start, and for the colleagues who are curious about how things are going on in France in the ultralight business.

(All pages of my website are in french and in english).

Enjoy!

I wish you all safe and pleasant flights!

François

[Brandon]

I have a core engine that I brought home from Corvair College 16 and a CH 750 rudder that I built with my oldest daughter at the Zenith factory workshop. I've just got to help get my wife out of nursing school so I can really get to work on the rest of the airplane. Oh, and squeeze sport-pilot training in there somewhere, too!


Taylor Hudson showed me the ropes while tearing down my core. He's done this a few times....


Gracie and her very sweaty old man with our completed CH 750 rudder.

[Clarke Tate]

Ron Wanttaja stated:
"I'm hoping to be completed in a month or so. Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Fly Baby winning the EAA design contest, and I'd like Pete's plans to be available by then..."

Great job Ron! That must be quite a lot of work! It is great news that a classic homebuilt is being saved from the typical attrition to plans sets as years pass, and will be available for future builders

[Clarke Tate]

I am building a Chilton DW-1. It is an all wood English aircraft originally built in the 1930's by
De Havilland Technical School graduates, Reggie Ward & Andrew Dalrymple (The D and W in DW-1).

Roy Nerou, the owner of two original aircraft, has methodically rescued this design from obscurity. He has redrawn existing plans and substantially reverse engineered the rest. Roy embodies the passionate aviation enthusiast doing something for the love and not for the money.


Chilton DW-1 wing "centre" section ribs


Chilton DW-1 outer wing panel ribs inventory


Work has been slow recently but will be picking up again soon!
http://chiltondw-1.blogspot.com/
http://www.mykitlog.com/ctate/

[Neil]

Started my Acro Sport II in October of 1987, then had kids. The baby is 21 and now I'm retired so it is time to finish it.

[rwanttaja]

Ron, This is great news. A classic homebuilt design that still has appeal today. Any idea when they will be available?

Got 'em now.

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/#order

Plans come with full-size rib templates for the first time in thirty years. Since the text was completely re-generated, I was also able to build a detailed Table of Contents:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/toc.pdf

I spent some effort to keep material close to the same page as the original set, so this Table of Contents can be used with original plans as well.

[audioflyer]

Building a Cozy Mk IV when I have time between the Air Force, getting a masters, and my 3 kids. I have a lot of respect for the guy above building plane parts in the desert!

[Jeff Point]

Scratch building a RLU-1, more commonly known as a Breezy. Have the tail done, fuselage 90% done and hope to start on wings this fall.

[Jeff Point]

I'm hoping to find a Continental C-90.

I happen to know of a freshly overhauled and stored C-85 collecting dust near Milwaukee, if that would do the trick.