TwinJAG...my Corvair powered twin!
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Type: Posts; User: jimdc8
TwinJAG...my Corvair powered twin!
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The TwinJAG is complete! On the final stage of my phase I!
Walkaround
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8n3PkrziSJE&t=2s
Taxi for takeoff
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F8QEz78mNSc
Takeoff...
On the morning of August 30, 2018 at 6:18am, the TwinJAG made its maiden voyage! The flight lasted 15 minutes and the aircraft exceeded my expectations! The engines performed flawlessly and run so...
Dimensionally, a lighter fixed gear (with wheel pants & fairings) version of the Wing Derringer.
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TwinJAG received its Airworthiness Certificate on 8/18/18! First flight coming shortly!
Just trucked aircraft over to larger airport for signoff and phase 1 testing!
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TwinJAG is finished! Just completing paperwork and setting up DAR inspection. First flight in next couple of weeks...
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Just a few weeks to go...I'll be moving the aircraft to a larger airport nearby shortly. I will also be making a detailed walk around video discussing my thought process behind my project.
6559Hi Mike. The aircraft is just about finished. Still doing some cosmetic finishing but mechanically complete. Extremely pleased with ground and taxi tests. I will be moving the aircraft over to...
I posted 2 movies that I filmed today on youtube. The first is just a walkaround of the TwinJAG. The second is a taxi test showing back taxiing a few hundred feet down the runway followed by a 180....
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Photo of panel. Still installing interior and securing wiring...
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Basking in the setting sun after very successful engine runs on a cold blustery day.
Top skin riveted in place. Next step is LOTS of fiberglass finishing work. Just finished some very successful engine runs!
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Recent photo just before engine runs. Canopy complete other than fiberglass skirt around windshield. Should be riveting top skin in about 2 weeks. Still lots of fiberglass finish work left...
https://youtu.be/_OzyMpqTsHA
Short video of lighting check. Shot at dusk just after engine runs.
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Almost finished with canopy. After that, it is time to start finishing the fiberglass work. A lot of testing and tweaking over the next few months. 90% done...90% to go!
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Just received the tinted canopy. Will begin installation this weekend. Then more cosmetic fiberglass work.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=RTQC2PEPv6g
Video of both engines running at same time. Cowlings structurally complete...just need finishing cosmetically.
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Fitting spinners with props. Should have first video shortly of both engines running at same time on airframe.
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Prepping for finishing "bodywork"... I will be making second cowling and ram air scoops in next few weeks. About 90% done and 90% to go!
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Beginning stages of fitting lower cowling.
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Installing Dynon Skyview.
Thanks guys for the kind words! I am about halfway finished with the lower cowling mold. The recent cold weather is slowing me down so I switched to doing wiring. I am fabricating harnesses now...
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Top view of rough top cowling in place. Lots of filling and sanding!
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Another view...
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Very rough beginning stages of top cowling mold...hope to be fiberglassing in a week or two.