Total OneX Build Time: 1163.0 hours
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Horizontal Tail
On Friday I did a flight for FlyOtto to Montrose Colorodo. The couple wanted to go to Telluride, which is a convenient airport nestled into the mountains minutes away from the ski resort, but it was closed due to bad weather. Montrose is the closest airport, an hour drive north... -
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Oh It's a Plane
“Oh. It’s starting to look like an airplane.” That what people said when they walked into my shop today. And by the end of the day I finished the the vertical tail. (whew) See the first pic. Welding the spars and the ribs was uneventful. That vertical tail tip though…... -
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Pinpointed Peers
Finally I connected with fellow Sonex builders in the Phoenix area, John and Dennis. John built the full size Sonex and seems to have a reputation in the valley. He invited me to see his bird on Saturday, and put me in contact with Dennis. Dennis is building a OneX... -
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Got Hardware?
It’s been over a week! I had a nice visit with my aunt and uncle last week, and then my wife and I got started on taxes. But I’m back on the plane. The hardware arrived yesterday. It came in these nice trays and a rack that you can see... -
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Fuselage Fun
Build a bunch of parts today on the fuselage. Much of the work is the same as before. Oh, Rob did help me builds a couple small spring mounts on Sunday. Thanks Rob! The big stuff today was the skins and longerons. The skins were big, like 7’ long, left...