Buttercup Project - Steve Wittman -First Flown in 1938

[planecrazzzy]

Thanks for the photos. I'm certainly an admirer of Wittman's approach to designs (i.e. lightweight and simple). What engine will you be using?

Wittman's designs really are simple and light... Oh yeah...and FAST

The engine I'm putting in mine is a Lycoming 0-235

I'm using a climb prop from Catto

Gotta Fly...


PS THANKS GUYS !!! My "manage attachments" are working again ...

[planecrazzzy]

I got another batch of AN hardware...
$80 bucks doesn't buy much.
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I'm getting the controls assembled.
I used clevis pins on the rudder linkage.
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Gotta Fly...

[planecrazzzy]

I've got a couple of the floor pans in place,
I need to put the Brake cyls on before the next pan.
making sure the heads of the screws get silicone under them for added holding strength.
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Gotta Fly...

[planecrazzzy]

Brake cyls in position... Still need to hook up the lines.
I can do that with the other floor pan in place.
It can be reached below too.
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Gotta Fly...

[planecrazzzy]

I had to remove Cotter pins that I bought from Aircraft Spruce & Specialties (A.S.S)
Because of the poor material used , they cracked and broke.
The FAA was notified because A.S.S didn't seem to see the urgency of stopping them from shipping.
Instead... it was a paper chase.
I've stopped doing business the A.S.S. way
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Here's pictures of those parts.

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Gotta Fly...
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PS I'll never put a cotter pin in a plane without looking at it through a microscope...
These were AN parts... Mill Spec... Garbage !
The picture in place of the real bad crack... Was on my right aileron.
Gives me chills to think what could have happened.

[planecrazzzy]

Panel work...
Putting some of the instruments in place.
and making a cover over the instrument panel.
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[Frank Giger]

Looks great!

Okay, a little hint:

https://www.bandbaircraftsupplies.com/ for your aviation hardware. Goodness knows I've sent a bunch of money to aircraft spruce - and still order some stuff from them - B&B deserves a call. It turns out the only difference between an four dollar AN-4 bolt from Aircraft Spruce and a two dollar AN-4 bolt from B&B is two dollars....it's all the same standard.

A big bonus is that they speak do-hickey as well, which came in handy when I needed some clevis pins.