My plane is still in the paint shop. My stepdaughter goes to school in southwest Missouri, near Joplin. I had to drive down there this weekend. All day...
Yep - that stinks. Yesterday, I took my wife up for the first time. Tower let a Cherokee 180 get out just before me. That is the plane I sold to build the...
Moving from one coast to the other can put a serious dent in your productivity and motivation as well. I still haven't unpacked all the tools I moved - so...
Anyone flying w/ Chelton, here is some info on the AHRS installation. Best regards, Kirk Hammersmith ... From: Kirk Hammersmith [mailto:kirk@...] Sent:...
I have a silly question. This logo is on the Factory ES. and this is the decal Kit Components sells. I like the one on the factory plane much more. Is it...
No logos for me. It is more fun to make 'em ask. Drew ... From: mikeeasley@... To: Lancair_ES@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:12 AM ...
I've made very few paint decisions, but I have decided to leave teh logo off. Paul Bricker N63PB ... From: mikeeasley@... [SMTP:mikeeasley@...] Sent:...
I've decided to leave it off, but before I decided I spent a couple hours creating a high resolution, cleaned up Lancair logo from the cover page of my flight...
Hey Completely Finished Guys, The clear coat goes on tomorrow, and my baby will be back in my hangar on Monday. Any hints, tricks, etc. on balancing the...
I receive the ES chat via digest, and the attachments are never there. (Perhaps they are photos of a new stealth model?) Is there a way to make them visible? ...
Mike The DA works great. Use a spray bottle with water to wet the surface. Be extremely careful near any edge, it is very easy to break thru. You may want to...
hi Mike, We built the control surfaces figuring the added paint would provide the remaing balance and it did. As far as sanding clear coat, you may want to...
I finally replaced the right rotor on my ES, which I was suspicious of being warped due a a previous high brake heat incident on the right main. I also...
Ed I do think that is some of the problem. When I brake hard I get some shimmy as soon as I let off it stops. Did you measure your rotors to see if they are...
Mike, We "Cut" my clear coat with 2200 grit by hand and a 3" X 4" rubber pad. My painter absolutely refuesed to use a DA for fear of burning through the clear....
MessageTo Everyone: Anyone interested in doing there own paint and polishing. I would reccomend buying some of the training materials from the House of Kolor....
hi Ron, I knew that my right brake had heated up due to a previous caliper wheelpant clearance issue. The right brake locked on landing and the tire skidded...
Mike, I very slightly overbalanced my controls initially to allow for the weight of the paint. I didn't re-balance anything after paint and have had zero...
Skip, I think the most critical surfaces are the ailerons. I overbalanced everything slightly, just like the manuals say, and flew it that way the first...
I had the same problem. It seems that the attachments are only available if you get the emails. The attachments don't come through on the digest and they're...
If there's a photo that you missed, you can always contact the original sender and have them send it to you directly. We aren't too crazy with the number of...
Hey Guys, I'm not sure how many of you are following the LML discussion on the FAA changes to the "major portion" rule. The ES Millennium kit was approved on ...
Mike I just want to see pictures of your new paint job. Ron Raby ... From: mikeeasley@... To: Lancair_ES@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005...
I've been building an ES for the past five years and I am finally at the point of transporting it out to the airport. Since I've been building at home in my...
Rick and the Gang, I ran through the 8000-38 checklist on my ES as it was built. Anything I did at Lancair I put a checkmark in my column. The results, 66...
Mike, That isn't exactly how the checklist works. You can add lots of things to the checklist that aren't even on it. Believe me...when you start adding other...
