TLDR Installed Parachute Rocket Details I installed the rocket for my Magnum 901 parachute. The manual came with my parachute had zero details on how to install the rocket, so I followed thi...

TLDR Finished installing wing fairings Details I spent last two days to install the rivnuts and adjust the drilled holes on the fairing to fit the rivnuts. It’s not difficult, but extremely...

TLDR WIP wing fairing installation, finished match drilling all rivnut holes Details On both wing fairings, I spent last 2 days match drilling holes for all the rivnuts. There are about 80 o...

TLDR Investigated some rust from oil dipstick Start on wing fairing installation Details Oil Dipstick Rust Mystery I had a 10-minute engine run yesterday to set the throttle idle, and tod...

TLDR Adjusted the throttle to 1800 RPM at idle Details The other thing I did today was adjusting the throttle idle to 1800 RPM. I first did about 10 minutes of taxiing around to warm up the...

TLDR Finished installing upholstery panels under the throttle quadrant Details Today there is just a bit of wrap-up work remaining for the center channel area. I crawled under the dashboard...

TLDR WIP install upholstery panels under the throttle quadrant (Copilot side) Details For the copilot upholstery panels, I followed the same steps as the pilot side. The copilot side’s cut w...

TLDR I wrote a maintenance tracking app called SquawkIt. It’s now on Android, iOS and the web. I’ve been using it to track squawks and TODOs on my Sling TSi instead of a spreadsheet. It’s f...

TLDR WIP install upholstery panels under the throttle quadrant Details 2 pieces of large aluminium panel (with leather glued on) goes under the throttle quadrant and the center channel. Tod...

TLDR Match Drilled Parachute Blow-out Cover Details Test fitted the parachute blow-out cover before installing the rocket. With the cover plate laid out, I used duct-tape to hold it in plac...