Another T45 Swallow - Slingsby --

[SteveNeill]

Absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Thank you!

[MarnochS]

Probably the wonderful aroma of Hickory smoke wafting through the flight line.......

[Gene C]

Outstanding Scott, and that includes the cookies.

[jswain]

how funny i'd have taken a photo of this........

[MarnochS]

And it fly's.......quit wonderfully I might add, excels at working the smallest thermal bubbles, very nimble
Balance is at 7 inches back from the leading edge root.




Trifecta of fun .....Swallow, Bidule, and Traeger BBQ ( saturday nite BBQ - smoked Ribs and then fresh baked cookies )

[MarnochS]

trim on the canopy.......

[gunny11]

Beautiful !

[ARUP]

Oh boy... isn't that pretty! I betcha can't wait to fly it! Did 'Inspector Cat' approve?

[MarnochS]

Got the clamp off,....combination of micro flyer pushrod with a Z-bend as the clamp has a small hole drilled in the arms .....and a carbon rod.
Of course this is after I got the canopy unglued from the airframe.

[MarnochS]

Put things together to start the balancing process......and see how things look with the Canopy on and Spoilers up.

[Swiss1]

You could have attached a thread to the clamp first and run it out through the tow release opening so you could just pull on it, or just put your hand through the wheel opening!

[Gene C]

Interesting situation? but I believe you can pull it off.

[ARUP]

Long skinny fingers?

[MarnochS]

The moment of Truth - accompanied by some ZAP Formula 560 canopy glue.



Now the interesting thing will be to get the orange clamp off....

[MarnochS]

Danger Will Robinson, Danger........Canopy installation........


After a minor comment from Jim......I put some blue tape on the front of the canopy with an Arrow.......

Electronics integration completed so the Rudder tray was installed.