SAVING WEIGHT – September 14, 2018 One of the things we like best is to find ways to save weight. It really makes our day! In this case, electrical engineer Ryan Dillon found small DC motors and...
DIVINE INTERVENTION - July 4, 2018 A ray of sun came streaming through the hangar door just as these three teammates made a final decision on where to locate the wiring package for the tail...
CONTROL WHEEL – July 3, 2018 Just because you haven't heard us screaming by in the Ground Test Vehicle (GTV), doesn't mean we have forgotten about ground testing of engine and transmission. We have...
TOTALLY TUBULAR – June 30, 2018 These chrome molly steel tubes were sent to us pre-bent and ends trimmed (coped, in technical terms) by VR3 of Ontario, Canada. They did extremely good work, and the...
SHAPING THE INTERIOR – September 5, 2018 We are now crafting the dashboard and center console as pre-production parts. Since the dash and center console will be made from molded parts, we are...
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER – June 28, 2018 Needing more space in the engine bay is probably a familiar story to builders and engineers. I think most modern cars have their engine bay more carefully...
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – August 31, 2018 Our laminated safety glass windshield was delivered, so we removed the plastic windshield from the flying prototype and placed the glass windshield on the...
WINDOW TO THE WORLD - June 26, 2018 We got more help from the pros at Aircraft Windshield Company in Southern California. We love those folks! We needed a new set of larger side windows, as...