During the repair and rebuild of my Air Camper I maintained a list of things that needed to be done as I encountered them or wanted to add them. It was a long list. Some evenings I would sit at home and review the list and modify it as needed. Then one fine Saturday at the hangar, I had just finished installing the air filter and connecting the engine controls and it dawned on me that there was nothing preventing me from attempting an engine start right then and there. Prop was on, bolts torqued and safetied, plugs cleaned and gapped. I looked everything over again and got excited. Why not?! Aeroshell 50 in the oil filler, fuel in the tank, chocked and tied down, and that day became one of the most memorable days of my life as my own hands prop-started the engine to life on the rebuilt airplane and engine. No, it didn't start on the first couple of blades, but that's OK.
That night I took my old list and transferred all the listed items onto a fresh page with two columns instead of just one. The column on the left only listed items that were essential to the safety of flight and airworthiness. The column on the right listed "nice to have" items that the plane could fly without. The airplane made return-to-flight progress MUCH quicker after that! Instead of dreaming about where wiring could run to wingtip strobes or whether to reupholster the passenger's seat, I focused on what was needed to get me and the airplane into the air. I think that's a very useful shortcut to "Get it done!" Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
