Homebuilt Experimental Catalina Aircraft

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Port Orchard, WA
catalina Burleson, TX
Knoxville, TN
lyoneyes Princeton, IL
briankb Thunder Bay, ON

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Catalina homebuilt experimental aircraft project Home

Catalina Home
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Catalina homebuilt experimental aircraft project Project

Catalina Project
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Catalina Parts Preparation
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CATALINA homebuilt experimental aircraft project General

CATALINA General
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Latest Log Entries for CATALINA

May 17, 2012 - Van's Aircraft, Inc RV-7: Empennage Tip Fairings Lay-up and Filler Fairing: Removed plug from intial fiberglas lay-up in tip fairings. Added second layer of glass and some filler (glass balls) with resin to fill void... more »
May 17, 2012 - Sonex Aircraft, LTD Waiex: Fuel tank calibration Miscellaneous: Spent the evening calibrating the fuel tank display in the Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL EFIS unit. I have decided to calibrate it wit... more »
May 16, 2012 - Sonex Aircraft, LTD Waiex: Oil system work - tacking down a leak and other misc stuff Engine: After looking around to figure out where the oil leak was coming - I thought it was from the oil pressure transducer in the block - I decided ... more »
May 17, 2012 - Zenair CH801: Deburring Elevators: Finished deburring rear skin and deburred outward surfaces of the bottom of the elevator skeleton....... more »
May 17, 2012 - Zenair Zodiac HDS: Battery mount Miscellaneous: Riveted the bottom of the battery holder to the skin. Added left over baffle material under and behind the battery.

Ma... more »
May 12, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Finished both Rear Wing Spars Rear Spar: De-burred, cleaned with scotch bright and metho both Rear Wing Spars. Primed riveting areas with self priming aluminium primer. Assembled a... more »
May 11, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Up-drilled L H Rear Spar Assembly Rear Spar: Finished assembly W12. Up-drilled to rivet size and bolted AN3-7a bolds for the Root Rib Attach Angle. Disassembly and start de-burring...... more »
May 10, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Drawing W12 Rear Spar: Cut and filed out Control clearance holes in W12-02 R H and L H Rear Spar Channels. Cut to length, marked and drilled pilot holes using a t... more »
May 09, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Finished drawing W13 Rear Spar: Modified W13-01 to W13-01R R H Attach Plate what is slightly different than W13-01L L H Attach Plate. Up-drilled on both plates one hole to... more »
May 08, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Start drawing W13 Rear Spars Rear Spar: Made two W13-04 Dubbler and start W12-01R Atttach Plate....... more »
May 07, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Finished mating Main Wing Spar Main Spar: Continue mating both Spars. Filed about 1mm off both Lower inner Spar areas to clear the interference with End Wing Attach Assembly bolds. ... more »
May 04, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Meting R H and L H Main Wing Spars Main Spar: During meting the R H and L H Main Wing Spar together one bold on both End Wing Attach Assemblies are interfering, I took these 2 bolds out... more »
May 03, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Finished L H Main Wing Spar Main Spar: Fitted the Root Ribs Attach Angles W20-02 and 03. Rounded the washers for the AN3 bolds underneath the nuts to prevent damage to the radius... more »
May 02, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Finished riveting L H Main Wing Spar Main Spar: Did the rest of the riveting using the 16mm stainless steel rod. None of the rivets done today needed to be redone.
Finished solid r... more »
May 01, 2012 - Sonex Sonex: Solid riveting L H Main Wing Spar Main Spar: Start solid riveting, did the flash riveting first. I used as much I could the 16mm stainless steel rod. This works very well. On the root ... more »
May 16, 2012 - Van's Aircraft, Inc RV-7: Fairing Fiberglas Work Fairing: Worked on the empennage tip fairings. To be kind lets just say I hate doing fibergals work. I began by attaching the elevators to the H.S. ... more »
May 17, 2012 - Vans RV-9A: Stiffeners Fuel Tanks: I had an hour or so and made it out to the garage to cut and fit the stiffeners. It was pretty straightforward since now my understanding ... more »
May 15, 2012 - Rans S-19: Worked on canopy Canopy: The canopy is not an easy task. Lots of testing and fitting to get all the holes to line up. I have made some changes from the kit instruction... more »
May 15, 2012 - Van's Aircraft, Inc RV-7: Air Vent NACA Scoops Miscellaneous: Cut out 4 strips of aluminum to use as backing for the SV-1 NACA Scoops. Layed out a line and came up with 6 rivets evenly spaced on b... more »
May 14, 2012 - Zenith Aircraft CH750: Built LAV's Two Flaps Flaps: Riveted bottoms. LVE took flaperons (flaps and ailerons) home where he will finish attaching attach fittings and ready for pre-close inspection... more »
May 15, 2012 - Zenith Aircraft CH601XL: Rear fuselage assembly Rear Fuselage: ...... more »
May 15, 2012 - Vans RV6: Wings came pre-built Parts Preparation: The original builder had the wing parts sent to a professional build shop in Oregon and took delivery of the assembled wings. They... more »
May 15, 2012 - Vans RV6: Priming - what to do... Primer: I'm at a little bit of a quandry on the priming needed. The wing kit is came complely primed inside and outside and is ready for assembly. T... more »
May 15, 2012 - Vans RV6: Parts as aquired Rudder: The kit I bought had the empanage partially constructed and primed. I just need to go back through the blueprints and assembly instructions a... more »
May 15, 2012 - Vans RV6: Parts as aquired Vertical Stabilizer: The kit I bought had the empanage partially constructed and primed. I just need to go back through the blueprints and assembly i... more »