July 16, 2005

This evening, my buddy Clayton came over. He’s also my new web hoster! While he was there, we decided to put the gear on the plane! Well, I’m not sure if this was the right time to do it, but what the heck. We hoisted the puppy up, and slipped the gear on. It’s actually pretty easy, so if it has to come off for some reason, it won’t be too hard to do it. I haven’t tightened the bolts just yet. Then we wheeled the plane outside for some photos, and to see how many satellites the EFIS 1 would find. It turned out it found 8. The sky was partially covered by the hangar door overhanging the plane a bit.

Here I am sitting in there makig aeroplane noises. It was nice to be able to puch it around for the first time. I might steal Cameron’s platforms he made for working on his plane. I’m sure he probably wants ’em out of his hangar anyway!

Clayton took these pics of me. I don’t get much chance to have my picture taken with the plane since I’m usually here on my own. Thanks Clayton!

Here he is trying it out! He can’t wait to go flying! (He’s not the only one!) It’s gonna be a bit of a squeeze though because my centre console makes it a squeeze for anyone average size or bigger. Me being a skinny, I’ll fit easy. The concern is how much stick throw is possible, since there’s nowhere to move your legs to.