Miscellaneous : Everything Else

1996 All in a days work wooohoo!!!

1998 I think it is looking good at this point. Where is the VW?

1998 A better view.

1998 an empty cockpit with some instruments

1998 This time I just wanted to prop it up and look at it i!!!!

Up on horses in my hangar about 1992.

Sitting on wheels for first time about August 1992. Lots of clecos!

This is an old picture of my Minicoupe. 1976 I believe. You can see the Teenie heritage in her.

The TC Special on a grass strip is a pleasure.

Ready to wipe her down and put her back in the barn after a great ride.

Here's my new engine that I picked up yesterday; 1679 CCs (88 mm cylinders, 69 mm crank). Vertex mag is large cylindrical object near top center. Carb is sitting on pallet at right bottom of picture.

Another view of the new engine. Notice that single port intake pipe goes to each side of engine; then a main intake pipe connects near the center, goes rearward back over the rear cylinder to carb underneath.

Mi lugar de trabajo.Arriba y a la derecha se ven las dos alas exteriores esperando ser montadas.Espero que alguien pueda sacar alguna idea de mi desordenado taller.

Un bonito y muy modificado Hummel Bird

Soon, very soon. Keep on keeping on...

My son and my plane

My plane from the back.

Sample pictures of bulkheads. Will have Rib and Spar pics soon.

Here is a picture from July '01 where Bill Day is visiting my Teenie project (Bill is on the right). He flew up from Maryland for the day.

There has been a lot of questions on the forum regarding the Hummelbird canopy setup. Here are two pictures that I took around 1990 of Bill Spring's original HB. This view, from behind the cockpit, shows the windscreen and the open canopy. Note that the HB has a round fuselage section which, compared to the Teenie, is quite different. However, there are some cues here that might allow you to make a similar arrangement for your T2.

Another shot of Bill Spring's Hummelbird and the canopy setup. The canopy is shown open here. It is hinged on the side and flips over to open.

Fuselage and suppor for static load

Sorry, this is the picture of before coment."Fuselage and support for static load"

This is a unusual T2 view.

Preparatios for static load

Before S.Load

During load

My son Pablo and the Engenier,checking the load.

Loaded. 940 Kg.( 4 G) or 2073 lb.

My son Gabriel removing the support

One inch of total deflection at full load in each tip.Later unload and return to original measures.No there are 1 mm of difference.¡Fantastic!.Now I´m a happy man

Tail Hook - Mounting Plate - 2/6

Tail Hook - Hook - 3/6

Tail Hook - Lever - 4/6

Tail Hook - Rubber - 5/6

Tail Hook - Hardware - 6/6

Tinwind annoucement included with plans bought in the early 90's. The picture is poor as it was a copy of the origninal photo that was cut and pasted for copying for distribution. Note the date of the announcement. Seems to suggest this was long before the T2.

Characteristics of the 4415 airfoil. Provided by Bobby Thomas.

Here is my exhaust, weld tacked together but not welded completely yet. I will take it to the hangar and try it on the engine before I finish the welding. The head shown is an old spare that I have used for several purposes here at home (makes a great paperweight, too). Also shown is my stainless steel carb heat muff which fits on the exhaust to the left of the picture (right side of plane).

Here is an attempt to show what my problem is. Only the rear spar connection point seems to be the problem.

The nameless (to protect the guilty) pilot added: "I droped a plumb bob down,down to the floor from the prop flange. All measurement were taken with a tape measure and bath room scales. Using the Prop flang for the datum point....Almost the fwd limit. I added 1.5lbs balast at tail or 144in on top of the stabilizer. Moves the C/g 38.10 inches form the prop flange. Ok This plane flys, and with full fuel and hand off the stick wants to nose down. Some back presure of a very light amount , flying with thumb and two fingers on the stick. A sleeping bag, coat, 3tie downs , can be added to the back of the seat with a bundgie cord . Coffee cup on the Left side and a map on the right. No Problem"

Preparations for final wing alignment.

On the horses for the first time - remember that phrase Jack Dernorsek !!

Tail assembly.

Tail plane balance weights and fibreglass tips.

Fibreglass tip.

Seat and backrest. The arm rests have yet to be made from foam but the brackets I made are already on.

Looking rearwards behind the backrest. This is baggage compartment and the harness attachment. An alloy bracket behind the baggage wall goes all the way to the tail to spread the load.

Awaiting instruments.

U/C ready for final bolt-on.

Wing fillet from the front. Made in a similar way to Hector Mora's fillets.

View of wing fillet from behind. The fibreglass was laid up on a foam shaped base followed by LOTS of sanding and trimming.

Trial fit of outer wing. Fibreglass wing tips, tail tips and rudder tip took weeks of extra time to make. Wings will be painted same Volvo Midnight Blue colour.

Wing join and good view of dihedral.

Fibreglass wing tip.To make, stand wing upright, tape tough poly sheet all the way round, pour in 2 part expanding foam, trim and sand to shape, lay fibreglass over and wet through with resin, remove from wing, clean out the foam and start lots of sanding!

Finally got those outer panels painted.

Testing the view thru my new framework (turnover structure) for the windscreen.

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