Well, here is my last update from the last two days I spent working on the plane.

The first day we added close outs for the horizontal to finish it off and assembled the landing gear.

After seeing those big jigs for the airframe, I can't believe anyone builds these in their garage

Still, I'm really tempted to get a house with a big enough garage to build the plane....

you're fooling yourself if you think anyone is building these in their garage/hangar

The next day we put finishing touches to the tail structure and then attached the landing gear to set the tow and trim the openings for the wheels to have a snug fit.






















Here are MOST of the parts and pieces that go with the rest of my kit.

EVERYONE does this part at Lancair in their jigs. It's part of what you pay for when you buy the kit.

It's the rest of the work that people do in their garages.

you're fooling yourself if you think anyone is building these in their garage/hangar

Gerry

A question on the pressurization. What is the P differential? I assume a variable rate controller. Who's the OEM for the pressurization system?

It's a 6.5psi system. I'm unsure as to who produces it though. Sorry.

Most of the IV-P and ES-P use Dukes controllers

Gerry - congrats you are living the dream (at least mine!!!). I would really like to build something to fly in, the intricate knowledge of the systems becomes such that I think it should make you a better pilot, or at least a much more knowledgeable one regarding of what is going on and therefore much wiser in making decisions.

best of luck, enjoy and keep us posted!

Ok, I'm trying to narrow down the paint scheme of the plane. I know the colors I want to use. I'm combining the colors from a pair of classic cars I'm restoring. It's a bit more out there as far as combinations go but I kinda like that sort of thing, lol.

Here are the two primary colors I'd use. There is a possible third which would be a charcoal color.





Here are a few schemes I'm considering.









These last two schemes you'd just have to imagine my colors on these designs.





What do you guys think?

i'll give my $0.02

lamborghini colors are crap, don't go that route- Ferrari or Porsche have classic colors that have some history/heritage

if you're looking for a red, rossa corsa or rossa dino

i like that you are putting that level of though into it though, since most of your body is continuous panels, you could explore a three stage paint which a lot of planes aren't really able to do due to different panels and sections resulting in various finishes

i wanted to do a bianco fuji pearl white but my paint shop said without shooting it all in one go, it would not blend well at all.....i lust after an evolution for a lot of reasons, being able to do fancy multi stage paints is one of them

Beautiful choice of colors! Either one of the last two schemes get my vote.

Are you saying Lambo colors are crap because they don't hold up or you just don't like their colors? Personally I love this color. It's orange, not red. Right up my alley!