https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/Recent content in Wrap Up Work on 4 Sierra TangoHugoen-USMon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-19/Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-19/Since I seem to be spending a lot more time darting around different areas of the plane these days, I’ve decided to make a general category page called Wrap…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-23/Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-23/I spent some time last night getting the paperwork together for the airworthiness application. The only thing I need to do now is the weight and balance, but…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-26/Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-26/I went to the hangar this afternoon with the intention of staying until after dark, so I could set the landing and taxi lights. I had set the landing light p…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-27/Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-08-27/After working on the wings for most of today, I started to get to grips with tieing up all the wiring behind the panel. There’s a lot to do there. I need to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-04/Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-04/I was hoping to get to the hangar both Friday and Monday this weekend, as I was off work both days. On Friday, I had an appointment at the BMW dealership to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-10/Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-10/More wrap up stuff today. I went and forgot my camera though, so no pics today. I’ll take some next time and post them. Doh!https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-14/Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-14/I stopped off at the hangar to paint the parts I’d primed last Saturday. They actually look like they came out nice for a change.https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-17/Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-17/I didn’t spend too much time at the hangar today, mainly because I had surgery on Friday afternoon - a bone graft in my sinuses for a tooth implant. I wasn’t…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-24/Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-09-24/More wrapping up. This stuff seems to take up a heck of a lot of time, and it seems like I haven’t done much. I also helped Larry roll some aluminium parts o…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-01/Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-01/This wrap up stuff goes on forever! Maybe I started it too early! Well, I got a call from Blue Mountain saying our EFIS CPU has had it’s preflight calibratio…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-04/Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-04/I stopped off at the hangar tonight on the way home for the first time in ages. I spoke with Mike yesterday on the phone, and it looks like he may be availab…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-07/Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-07/I went to the UPS depot and picked up the EFIS CPU yesterday. It’s time to get cracking with everything under the front skin. It can’t wait any longer!https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-08/Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-08/Well, today was they day we started to rivet the forward skin on. There were a few things that needed to be done though before Mike arrived. Clayton came by…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-09/Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-09/Mike and I arranged to go to the hangar again this evening to finish up the skin riveting. There sure are some hard to get at rivets. You need to get quite c…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-11/Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-11/I managed to get out a little early yesterday and today and stopped by the hangar. Yesterday, I didn’t really do plane work, I spent most of my time cleaning…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-13/Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-13/I got all my stuff done early today at work, so I managed to leave at 1:30pm. Of course the motive was to get to the hangar and do aeroplane stuff. Much more…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-14/Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-14/I wangled my way to getting to the hangar again today, although I’m pretty busy doing home stuff too at the moment. We got a bunch of chores done this mornin…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-15/Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-15/Piero called me early this morning, and we both went down to the hangar to start upholstering the glareshield. He found some foam that will be perfect for th…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-22/Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-22/Today, we got to finish up the glareshield trim. I’d spoken with Piero the day before and I picked him up at 8:45 this morning. We got to the hangar, warmed…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-26/Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-26/I took the day off work today coz it was a bit warmer (50F) so I could heat up the hangar easily to cut the windshield. I need to get this thing ready to put…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-28/Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-28/Well, I did get to the hangar one more time in the week, but not really long enough to count for anything, so I’ll call it a loss. I was there for two hours,…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-29/Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-29/This morning I got to the hangar earlier, because of the clocks going back an hour! I was expecting Keith to come by with his vast Lancair experience to help…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-30/Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-30/Today, I was a bit cheeky and took a half day off work to work on the plane. I went to West Marine and picked up some black pigment for the rest of the fibre…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-31/Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-10-31/I broke out early again today, although not as early as yesterday. I got to that hangar at about 3pm. Keith was around, so he came by and we attacked the fro…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-01/Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-01/I couldn’t get out of work today, which was a shame. As a result, I didn’t really get to do much at the hangar. I peeled off the peel ply, and it turned out…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-05/Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-05/Filling and sanding. Filling and sanding. I’m really getting bored of filling and sanding! On the bright side though, it’s starting to look nearly finished….https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-09/Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-09/Since today was so nice, I took off from work at lunch to work on the plane. I’m also taking tomorrow off. I recently ran the engine, and it was a bit rough…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-10/Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-10/I started running through the list of odd jobs that needed doing to get this thing ready to fly. I need to really get this stuff dwindling down to nothing or…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-11/Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-11/I started the empennage fairing stuff off today, but didn’t get finished really. I was spent way too much time messing about with the bottom parts of the fai…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-12/Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-12/I got to the hangar way too late today after going to the auctions again. I got the painting I wanted. It was 4:30pm by the time I got here, and it’s a schoo…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-13/Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-13/Today I got up late and ended up having to stay longer at work than I wanted. I only got to spend two hours at the hangar, which isn’t good. I removed the bl…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-14/Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-14/I got in at a reasonable time today, so I could leave a little earlier which helps. I started the evening at the hangar by removing the peel ply from the gea…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-14-2/Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-14-2/I was actually at the hangar for four hours today, but one and a half was spent making some aluminium strips to inlay into our bathroom floor which we’ve jus…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-16/Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-16/Clayton came by to help out this evening, which kind of helped push me along some as I was facing some serious motivation problems after looking at the empen…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-17/Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-17/A long day at the hangar today! I started the day getting all the seatbelts installed. This meant making six little bushings out of aluminium tubing for the…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-18/Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-18/I think I’m in pretty good shape for the inspection. I still have to do the hinge retainers on the cowling, but that shouldn’t be too bad.https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-19/Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-19/I was at the hangar a little longer than anticipated really today, but I made good ground. I wanted to make the cowling hinge pin retaining cover thingies to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-20/Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-20/Sorry about a lack of updates! This past couple of days has been crazy mad! Here we are finally, a bit brief though, I’ll elaborate later!https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-21/Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-21/Today is inspection day! I got up early and got everything together for the hangar. All the paperwork, the computer with the build log on it and something to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-23/Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2006-11-23/In anticipation of tomorrow’s planned first flight (yeah baby), I went to the hangar with our cousin Jack to get the plane ready for flight. It all needed to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-01-14/Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-01-14/Seems like forever since we worked on the plane. I guess it’s a long time because since it’s been airworthy, I’ve been flying it whenever I can. Today, the w…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-03-31/Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-03-31/As well as the GX-60 installation, I decided it was time to get the oil door started. I’m so sick of pulling the top cowling for every preflight now to check…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-04-01/Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-04-01/On today’s agenda are the wheelpants and finishing the oil door installation. First up was to slap on some carbon fibre reinforcement for where the wheelpant…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-04-02/Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/wrap-up/2007-04-02/This evening I continued with the wheelpants. I got the right hand one aligned and cleco’d. Next task was trimming the wheel hole and generally cleaning them…