... Lancair. ... couple ... back ... fastbuild ... our company however, if they dont want out business Im sure there are others that do. Thanks Lou ... ...
Robert - Grant left Lancair last year to work for Chelton/Sierra Flight Systems. Shortly after leaving, he was killed in a Lancair IV accident in Idaho. This...
Dear Ned, I purchased my ES and attended the builder's workshop in February 2003. It was excellent. I and my father attended. In 9 days we completed all of...
John, et al - I was aware of the loss of Grant...my original post was from last year. It appears that it was resubmitted by lakepilot1313. He was a friend and ...
Hi all, I am about ready to purchase the engine for my ES. Does anyone know the spec required for the IO-550-N? I think I need either the 2B or the 13B. The...
Hi Mike, I ordered mine from www.FactoryEngines.com the folks in TX that have the center ad every month in Trade-A-Plane. I ordered the IO-550N13B You can...
Greg, I got the exact same engine from Factory Engines, same guy, same price! I did get hit with at $80 lift gate fee from the delivery guy. I ordered the...
Robert, I'm working on my Millennium Fastbuild ES and I'm coming up on one year since the workshop and I'll be hanging my engine next week. I lost 5 months in...
Robert and anyone else, I'm working on my Millennium Fastbuild ES and I'm coming up on one year since the workshop and I'll be hanging my engine next week. I...
Thanks for the info, Greg Capmbell and Mike Easley. Greg, sounds like you are going with an Aerocomposites prop. Which one and what is the cost? I was...
Hi Mike, I liked everything about the Aero Composites prop, and I've had bad experiences with Hartzell AD's on my Apache. I got VERY good & informative answers...
Hi Bryan - ... We are building an ES and are trying to do some prep work on each major component as we go along. What are you finding on the e glass structures...
Hi Mike, Where are you building your ES? I'm in Longmont, CO. Probably about the same place you are, but I haven't done much for the past couple of years. I'm...
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We just spent two weeks filling in the elevator (carbon fiber). The surface itself was fairly straight and smooth - but the Builder Assist purposely left the...
I bought my engine from Factory Engines, '13B, same guy, same price on a reman. Real easy to work with. My engine shipped on the 21st day. I was on my way...
Greg, Great comments on the battle of the gaps! I got a trick from Mark at Lancair. My elevators had wide gaps on the top and were almost touching the HS on...
Regarding the concave tendancies. We noticed this on every flight control surface while we were at the builder's workshop. We asked Dan and Cary about it and...
Hello, We too are preparing the surfaces and joints as we progress through each major assembly. I have an excellent painter here locally who comes and checks...
Bryan & Greg - Many thanks for the info. We'd love to get pictures of the "battery compartment" and the external power receptacle. Sounds like you are doing ...
Mike - We kept them concave. We have an 8 foot piece of aluminum for a straight edge and used that to fill gaps with micro along the long axis of the elevator....
The long-boards are the ones you mentioned. I use both. I do have a 2x4 that I had planed that is 5 feet long and somewhat flexible. I use it on the wings. ...
Message I have a 8" random orbital air sander. I also have every sander mentioned so far. the air sander is the quickes way to get micro down. by a factor of...
MessageFlap Concavity - TOP of flaps: I called Russ @ Lancair yesterday to confirm filling the tops of the flaps and getting the height of the flap tops...
MessageGreg I uploaded some of my pictures of the rudder assembly. My gaps came out great. but I must of spent 50 hours getting them there. one thing that I...
We've used duct tape and everything else to keep dust out of the fuel filler openings, but I think we finally came up with a better solution. Basically - you...
I had to know if we had filled our elevator & flaps correctly since we just finished them! So I beat this dead horse issue even further with an email to the...
Hi, I've started building a Super ES starting October '02 with one week of the Builder Assistance program in Redmond. I got the wings and HS closed that week,...
I just finished balancing my ailerons and I gave up on beating the factory weights to death. I came up with an awesome replacement and I can e-mail you the...
