Howdy yall, Sorry I havent written in in a while but thought I might shoot an update. Ive been busy working, helping people move, trying to fix the house, all those little things, so I havent done much flying lately. Ive only put on a few hours since the Gathering - only to 410 right now so I expect Mark Langford to pass =me up in a couple weeks - but thats great - Im glad to see him putting the hours on his bird. The rest of you need to get busy! The Gathering is only a little bit away again and we want you there. Im hoping to get busy on the twin - dont know if Ill finish it before the Gathering because Ill have to make some money as well. N41768 is doing fine - Im playing a little bit with the breather on it - trying to make a real efficient breather that recycles back to the case well. My current breather still make me lose about a quart every 3 or four hours. Im hoping to get it to a quart every 10 or so. Improving the breather will help when I do the turbo installation later. Ive made a trip to Tampa and a few around in the area and will be giong to the Corvair College this week to help out. Right now I am working on my other Corvair - the 66 Monza I have - seems to have a tight valve adjustment on the right head - Ive got it on the lift and will be doing compression checks and adjusting the valve train - hope that fixes it - runs poorly when cold. Other than that Im having fun. I hope to really get working on the twin but need to get a couple car projects out of the way. BTW - if anybody has some stuff to sell for my twin (or give away) let me know....
What I have so far....Carbon nomex fuselage, canopy (dragonfly style), wheels and brakes, tires, engine cores, elevator and horizontal (Lancair 230). I will be looking for tailwheel assy (but may design one thats built into the rudder) but mostly needing plywood, foam, resin, and cloth. I found a foam manufacterer in Atlanta that can make urethane any size I want so may order 8" thick pieces to design solid core wings and such. Stub wings will by ply skin construction due to the stresses on the wings from the engines. Wood for building spars may be the first priority since I can start with the center wing soon and install into the fuse. I may build the entire fuse and wait on the outer wings once the rest is finished....well, lots of ideas. I plan to start a photo spread of the build soon so you can all be updated....wish me luck! Fly safe - build carefully. Bill Clapp --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.
