Thanks guys. I appreciate the vote of confidence. I think he liked the plane. I knew I was going to get lucky when he walked in and started looked for a table to spread out his paperwork on! The only thing he made me do was operate throttle and mixture while he watched the carb. Placards were vital, and I did them all last night by printing out the labels on some Avery "Clearing Mailing Label" stuff from Office Max ($20 for 25 sheets). He spent half the time looking at my plane as he did my buddys' RV-6 and Baby Lakes. He had no real squawks. I took notes of what he wanted me to do before I fly it:
* screw the data plate on it (pilot side preferred) * write up an "equipment list" of exactly what was (will be) on it when I do the final weight and balance * install a compass correction card when I'm able to make it to a compass rose * put a redline on the airspeed indicator (a Sharpie took care of that one on the spot) * wrap a little safety wire around the throttle cable so it won't slip through the p-clamp later That's it. But before you guys start saying "then you should be flying it tomorrow", half my nuts haven't been tightened, much less torqued, the wings are still in Smooth Prime leaning up against the wall, no carb heat yet, shoulder belts still not installed, rudder and tailwheel cable not installed, flap motor not wired up yet (he didn't mention the lack of an indicator, so that might not get done until later), aileron cables installed, wheel alignment shims installed, oil separator, etc, etc, etc. But the neat thing about all of this is the new attitude that I have. Before, it was "gee, I'll have to do THIS before inspection or THAT before inspection", and now, all I HAVE to do is what I NEED to do to fly it. I think this shaves a considerable amount of time off of finishing up, if for no other reason, because I'm fired up to the max! Thanks again for the support! Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
