Aus S7 Kitfox

[airlina]

The only problem now Ben is you are going to have to figure out a way to fly this wonderful airplane to Oshkosh to win the Lindy award for best homebuilt.! An amazing job to say the least-are you serious one letter at a time. Bruce N199CL

[Mcgaero]

Thanks Bruce, hmmm I do Love Oshkosh... I think it's probably every home builders dream to fly their aeroplane to oshkosh, just not sure I like the thought of all that water to be crossed thou

[efwd]

Wow. That paint looks spectacular. No clue how you achieved such a great job on those letters. Even doing full words one at a time, mine are sometimes crooked.
Eddie

[aviator79]

I have no delusions of my airplane being show-quality. Nonetheless, I'm glad your plane is on a different continent. Your skill-of-craft and attention to detail is astonishing.

[jrevens]

It’s a real work of art, Ben... a thing of beauty!

I’d like to go to Australia and take some painting lessons from you! Actually, I’d like to take some painting lessons from a lot of builders on this forum.

[David47]

Well, it’s official. Ben has just won the Concourse de Elegance at every airshow in Australia for the next 5 years, with an option to extend that to 10 !.

Your build is extraordinary Ben. Congratulations.

[rosslr]

Nice Ben. Ready for the Simpson in June??? !!!

cheers

r

[Mcgaero]

Thanks, your all too kind!
I get a lot of enjoyment out of creating things and the aim of this project was to build a neat aeroplane and enjoy flying it, winning awards is not high on the list for me as I don’t want to be too precious about the aeroplane and get plenty of use out of it when it’s finished.

Ross, June sounds good.... 2019?!

[colospace]

That paint alone will make your plane 5 knots faster!!!

[Mcgaero]

Well after holidaying and visiting family in the UK/Europe for 5 weeks and then 2 weeks of work the kitfox hasn't had any attention for 7 weeks but we are back into it and fired up to finish this aeroplane!
I must admit thou I am a little bit jealous of everyone heading to Oshkosh but I have been living a lot of the good life lately so time to get back to work.

This past week I have been mounting all the avionics/radio boxs and planing wiring and fuel plumbing.
I also had a bit of a dilemma with my alternate air system as I needed the cable to push the door open when the knob was pulled out from the panel so I ended up making a mechanism to do this and also hold spring tension on the door when it's closed.
Not sure how these photos will turn out as I had to reduce them to make them up load.

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