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I hope this 2024 holiday season finds you healthy, comfortable in your
lifestyle, still flying and enjoying life.
Finally, this late summer and fall have N12AY repaired from the wing and flap
damage from three years ago at Sun 'n Fun. The plane had a complete nose to
tail rebuild while I puttered with the delamination and flap repair. The plane
looks terrific but in my lack of patience with cutting and buffing paint, I
still see small swirl marks in the paint. But it is slick as a whistle.
Photo Attached in pdf.
I haven't got the wing completely trimmed up yet as she has a nasty left break
at the deep stall with flaps extended fully. I can fix it, but it takes time
and frankly some luck to get it fixed in a timely manner.
In the photo I have N12AY sporting the Airmaster Three Blade AP332 rather than
my customary Airmaster two blade AP420. I like the 420 because it is light at
19 pounds with everything, easy to take the cowl off, but is a bit louder and
is slightly rougher which is common with wide chord two blades vs. a three
blade.
I have a tail pipe extension experiment which is made from quite heavy
automotive exhaust pipe, which allows the NACA vent to be clear of exhaust.
I'll find some thin wall stainless and we'll weld up a more sophisticated
looking one. I'll fit it in with the shop building repairs, and the standard
home chores. My avionics are working well and my home-made digital fuel gauge
works flawlessly as does my voice stall warning system. No more fuel reading
issues like ¼ is actually about half the main gas available. No homebuilt
aircraft is truly finished. We can always find a way to tinker. That was an
interesting project and quite satisfying but not completely finished as it
isn't labeled and the USB plugs for updates on my GRT and gas gauge are
exposed. More time on CAD and my 3D printers should solve that.
Photo Attached in PDF
Anita and I are healthy and stay active with the family and in our community,
but travel via light airplane is out of the question for Anita unless I can get
a stewardess on board and can meet her schedule. At 73 I can see my 50+ years
of flying will come to an end. It's time to think about selling the plane.
You can't beat the odds father time piles on us. I fly fairly often with my
local FBO and enjoy my flights with the young instructors and help them improve
their inflight teaching skills.
Have a Happy and productive New Year. Maintain your airplane and fly it more
often, health permitting. Airplanes fly reliably when exercised frequently,
and frankly so do we.
Bud and Anita Yerly
P.S.
Just in case this doesn't translate well into the Matronics forum with photos
I'm attaching a pdf so it is easier to see the photos.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=515166#515166
Attachments:
http://forums.matronics.com//files/what_have_i_been_doing_to_my_euorpa_and_christmas_wishes_2024_471.pdf
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