Great idea! Can you start the album and post the first pic?
I'd love to get a few builders / flyers to help out as administrators on this site... interested?

Tim,

You asked about the gap between the canopy and fuselage. We used a strip of weather sealer on the canopy to close that up. Did the same up around the hinge area, which was a bit of a pain.

Alan

Hello Tim,

Thanks for the kind comments on my pictures. I sure enjoyed taking them and am glad when others find value in them.

Yes, I used an EXP BUS and it has worked very well; simple, light, full-featured.

Yes, I meant DuPont Imron. I will fix the caption on the pic. Thanks for catching that. I am a not-so-great speller.

Yup, left some stickers on. They don’t weigh much. None of the “experts” told me to take them off that I can recall.

Bill Barden was the DAR who signed off my plane. I did not get the chance to ride or fly in his Sport Star. He was not very enthusiastic about it.

For sure, the west provides lots of eye candy and flying challenges. You, on the other hand, get to play with thunder storms – vary rare out here in Santa Rosa.

Obviously landing on unknown dirt roads can be risky. Over fly first and look for cattle guards and washboard surface (avoid landing on a grade where washboard is common). You probably would want some dirt strip experience first. On takeoff, DON’T throttle up until your rolling along to avoid sucking gravel up into your prop. Ouch!

The prop has been a good performer. I like the ground adjustable feature but now that it the way I want it, I don’t play with it. Right now the prop is back in Florida at the factory being inspected and re-painted. It developed some small cracks near the hub so they wanted to inspect it up close. The cracks are superficial (they tell me). Explanation: near the hub there is a layer of fiberglass to keep the metal clamp “away” from the carbon fiber. Where the fiberglass ends, a small crack developed. I hope to have my prop back by year-end. I haven’t been up for over a month now. First time that has happened since the plane was completed. Not so happy about that.

Happy flying!