http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ en-us jpl@showpage.org 2007-04-09T17:03:16-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000367.html I know, it's been a long time since I've posted. But this weekend saw forward progress. Jeff Morgan and I are going to trade time back and forth on each other's projects. This won't always be the most efficient... 367@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2007-04-09T17:03:16-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000323.html Tom Berge saved my heart on Sunday. He kindly drove all the way across town to inspect my project for me. He did his usual, thorough job, imparting a bunch of knowledge I didn't remotely know. He also made... 323@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2006-05-17T14:29:46-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000307.html As reported by AvWeb... In brief... A helicopter owner and his pilot rescued two lost 11-year-olds in the mountains in California last week. This was a night operation involving night-vision goggles. Now the local Sheriff is unhappy about it,... 307@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2006-02-06T08:32:15-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000257.html Last night was productive. I started the evening trying to get the fuselage jig out of the way. It took some time and creative lifting, but it's now suspended from the ceiling of my garage by 6 strong eye... 257@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-08-24T08:44:51-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000248.html Based on suggestions from Doug Weiler, I stopped by Napa and bought 2 spray cans of self-etching primer. It took 1 can (cost: just over $4) to prime the 8 wing ribs that I had replaced in the left... 248@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-08-08T10:22:20-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000245.html Jeff Morgan, one of my cub scout dads and the guy who took me to see Burt Rutan a couple of months ago, came back from Oshkosh with the words, "I'm going to build an RV-10!" I feel like... 245@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-08-03T10:39:17-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000225.html There are two areas in which GA can improve to help prevent onerous legislation coming from Congress. My first entry today discussed one of them -- we need to avoid doing naughty things in the air that freak people... 225@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-07-05T11:04:03-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000224.html Washington DC is a big "no-fly" zone for general aviation. Basically, the feds don't want you flying your Cessna into the White House. I can understand their concerns. What I don't understand is why folks insist on flying into... 224@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-07-05T08:31:39-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000214.html I'm still catching up to where I was in Plymouth. Here are a few photos from last weekend. Here is a close up of the posts I made. I ripped a few sheets of plywood, then sandwiched the strips.... 214@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-06-17T14:50:03-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000206.html Over the weekend, John, Cindy and Chad came over for my Shameless Ploy Party. It was a rather intimate party. This is what we did: These are two 8-foot workbenches mounted to the wall about 2 feet apart. In... 206@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-06-02T08:22:07-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000192.html I haven't had much to say about the garage. But the storage is done. Here are a couple of photos of Samantha helping to screw down the top shelving in the storage area. There are two storage units like... 192@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ 2005-04-26T10:14:24-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000164.html There's an RV builder's meeting this Saturday at Crystal Airport (MIC). 10 AM at Warren Starkebaum's hangar. We'll be talking about electronic ignition, so I'm really looking forward to the meeting. Warren's hangar is the yellow one in the extreme... 164@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ Vans RV-6A 2005-02-22T09:04:10-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000148.html I'm becoming exceedingly disillusioned with buying stuff from Ebay. I've purchased 5 things from Ebay. Only 1 of them arrived properly. The first item was an air nailer. It costs me $125 plus shipping and was listed as a refurb.... 148@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ Shop Notes 2005-01-18T12:47:42-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000124.html Back in August during our family trip to the west coast, I took the opportunity to visit Van's. I've meant to do a writeup on the experience, but just never took the time. Well, I'm taking the time... Location Van's... 124@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ Vans RV-6A 2004-10-29T12:28:30-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/archives/000106.html Last Friday was a bad day for me. The city inspector came and gave me some highly unwelcome news. However, I talked to another inspector (the one I'd dealt with last fall) and he confirmed something he told me last... 106@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Homebuilt/ Shop Notes 2004-09-21T10:06:07-06:00