Jeff Scott's Aviation
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2022 - The Marquart Charger
March 2022:
I have apparently lost my mind and decided a third airplane would be a
good idea. As usual, I found a good solid plane that has some
problems. So, I'll blog my way through acquiring it and getting
it into acceptable condition.
March 2022 - I
look it over and ultimately buy the Charger, then get started on some
minor repairs and an thorough inspection.
2024 - 2025 Rebuild and Recover
Why? - What all am I doing to the aircraft and why?
Recover - Disassemble, Recover and Repaint
Engine Overhaul - O-360-A1A - It started out to be a top overhaul, and then I took a closer look.
Electrical - Installation and integration of an engine monitor, and rebuild of switch/breaker panel.
Elevator Trim Redesign - Remove the old spring trim system, design and install servo controlled trim tabs.
Fuel System Mods - Design and build an upper center section tank and install a proper fuel quantity indicator in the main tank.
A little side project.
Overhaul of IO-360-A1B6D from a Cardinal RG for a cracked case.
2020 The Van's RV-6
Rebuild Project
February 2020:
It looks like a decent machine. But, it was groundlooped as a
taildragger causing significant damage. It was put on
tricycle
gear to help the owner, but he still didn't like the plane.
It
had a metal Sensenich prop that was bent beyond repair, but they didn't
do an engine tear down or inspection. It also has numerous
mechanical and electrical issues that need to be sorted out and
repaired. It has apparently also been sitting for a few
years.
I'll change it back to a taildragger, will major the engine,
and
go through
the airframe to do an IRAN (Inspect Repair As Necessary). The
pages below document the work, and my mistakes, during the rebuild and
repair process.
Page 1 - March - June
2020 - The initial project and tear down.
Page 2
- The rebuild continues. Airframe is nearly
done.
Page 3 - The Engine.
Page 4
- Finishing details.
Page
5 - Flight Prep and Test Flying.
The Sport Trainer /
SuperCub
project
Jan
2010
Aug 2012
Page
1 - The Cub
Project
Page 2 - Fabric
Page
3
- Firewall Forward
Page
4 - Firewall Forward (page 2)
Page
5 - O-320
Overhaul (for the Cub)
Page 6 -
Final Assembly (2010)
Page
7 - Final Assembly (2011 page 2)
Page
8 - Final Assembly (2011 page 3)
Page 9 - Completed
Aircraft
Page 10 - Later
Updates and
Modifications
Page
11 - MOGAS vs
Composite Fuel Tanks
POH
for Scott Grizzly Cub N143W
Short video of Cub first flight.
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Cub Links:
SuperCub.org
- All
things SuperCub
J3-Cub.com
- Everything
you
could ever ask about a J-3
View from the back seat... the back of my head and shoulders.
My
KR-2S over the years.
First Flight in June 1997
2002
2008
2014
I bought this plane as a partially built project in 1995 and had it
flying in 1997. I really enjoyed this plane and flew some
1300
hours in it over the years. It was sold in September of 2020
as I
neared completion of the RV rebuild project. It didn't make
sense
to keep two planes with similar speeds and missions, and the RV can
carry Becky and me along with some luggage. So, while I
dearly
loved the KR, it was sold and is now in Vancouver, BC.
Page
1 - 1997
- First
flight and
other Early photos
Page 2 - 2005 - Flaps
Page 3
- 2005 - Wing
Root Fairings
Page 4 - 2005 - New Tail
Page 5 - 2005 - Spring
Bias Elevator Trim
(Bad idea - Removed in 2013)
Page 6 - 2005 - Write up
after testing
the modifications.
Page 7 - 2007
- New
Prince Prop
installed Oct 2007
Page 8 - 2008
- New
Exhaust Headers
Page 9 - 2013 - Engine
Page 10 - 2013 - Cowling
Page 11 - 2013 - Elevator Trim
Page 12 - 2013 - Wheel
Fairings
Page 13 - 2013 - Instrument
Panel -
Page 14 - 2013 - New paint
and colors
Page 15 - 2013 -
Flight Testing
- Updated
6/22/2014
Page
16 - 2014 -
ADS-B Installation/Screenshots - Updated
7/26/2014
Page 17 -
2015 - Fabricating a
new Spinner - New
April 2015
POH for (former) N1213W
Short
clip
of the KR in flight.
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KR Links:
KRNet
KR
Gathering Web site.
2017
KR Gathering Photos.
September 2015 - My hangar in Los Alamos.
With the EAA B-17 roughly 1998 and with
the CAF B-29, Aug 3, 2014. The KR and I have both changed a
bit.
Where it all started.
This is a photo of my first two planes
(Albia, Iowa circa summer of 1979). I got my
PPL summer of 1976 while in the Air Force in Plattsburgh, NY.
I
bought the Champ in 1978 A couple of
months after leaving the Air Force. The biplane is a Parks
P-3,
which
was, in reality, a modified Starduster 1
with a Muskateer nose bowl built with the idea of looking like a Boeing
P-12 pursuit.
The builder, Bob Parks
of Greenville, SC was a WWII P-47 and P-51 pilot that loved the old
Boeing P-12. The plane was featured
in the Dec
1968 copy of Sport Aviation. The plane had extra flying and
landing wires for strength and used a
single rib plan form rather than the
eliptical wing plan form of the Starduster. At 740# empty
weight
it was quite
a performer with an O-290 powerplant and a 40
mph stall. What later turned out to be my third plane is
barely
visible through the windows of the Champ.
It's a red and white Stinson 108-1. I was also
flying the
Cessna 172
in the background. I parted ways with the
Champ during the fall of 1980 and sold the Biplane in the summer of
1985. I sold the Stinson spring of 1986 when it was
time to
buy a house for a growing family leaving me grounded
for a couple of years until a J-4 Cub partnership piqued my interest.
My "other" plane, the
Piper Tomahawk.
Tomahawk was sold November 2009. Wish I could have kept it.
The Tomahawks got lots of bad press and I got a lot of negative
comments from pilots that learned to fly in a Tomahawk.
However, I really enjoyed the plane. Cheap to own and
maintain.
Inexpensive to feed. Hauls a load. And
fast enough
for reasonable cross country. Yes, you do have to fly the
plane,
but isn't that why you buy them?
A flying tour around the
Los Alamos,
NM area in my Tomahawk.
June 2010 fire in
the Jemez
Mountains.
Pictures
from Casa Grande 2011
Pictures
from
Copperstate 2012
48' x 10.5' one piece home
built hangar
door
KR Gathering 2014 (Links
to Marc
Baca and Rob Schmitt's slide shows)
Day
1 at Chino
2014
Gathering overall
Slide Show
Trip to Chino -Rob Schmitt -
Overnight in Los
Alamos.
KR Gathering
2015 (best
to download slide show files to avoid overrunning web cache)
Flight from Los Alamos, NM to McMinnville, OR
KR
Gathering
Evergreen
Museum
Weight and Balance Seminar
W&B
Presentation
W&B spreadsheet (corrected)
W&B
Worksheet
KR Articles from
KitPlanes in 1993
KR
Time
KR
Sportplane for the Masses?
2016 Third Class Medical
Reform
Text of what
was actually signed
into law.
2021 The Beech Skipper
Resurrection a.k.a. "The Corrosion Queen" (click
on the picture to follow the link)
