Thorp Air Command - T18.net

My most recent flight was back on December 31. Since then I took the airplane down to take care of the small issues.
1. Install static ports on the fuselage-
2. Remove the plenum and add baffle material to cure warm running engine-
3. Remove throttle quadrant as it touched my left knee- reindexing not an option. Moving the throttle, prop and mixture to a mount just under the center of the panel. Also requires changing my right hand Infinity stick grip to a left hand grip.

Try as I might, I can’t get comfortable with putting the throttle quadrant on the left. The plane is too small. I could only see putting it there if it were forward, below the panel. Mine will stay in the center. Now on the racer......
Cubes

I have the new throttle bracket made. Now it has to be located and attached to the panel.
Engine baffles are almost done.
Plan to fly again on feb 27.
Should be able to get phase 1 complete by mid March

We’re all waiting to see it in Sedona!
It was pretty exciting for me in our new plane. I remember you were first to welcome us.
Les

As much as I thought I would get the airplane back in the air today ...it’ll most likely be tomorrow afternoon. With all the changes, I wanted to get a second set of eyes on all the changes to make sure things are safetied, cotter pined, or torque sealed after tightening the jam nuts on the new throttle, prop and mixture. Plus checking for full unobstructed travel on all 3.
Then the cowl will go on for final fit for the new baffle material..and it’s fly time

We flew today! Felt good to get TH back in the air. Cylinder head temps are very reasonable now. Oil temp below 200. Moving the static ports to the fuselage made all the difference. Now I have accurate numbers- real important on final.
Now just 19 hours to complete phase 1

My throttle, prop and mixture now live on a bracket in the center panel

Well done Terry. Looks beautiful. Sorry I couldn’t provide that second set of eyes.
Cubes

"Clean and neat !" Well done !

RB

Working on getting wing to fuselage fairings completed before the end of the month...

Recently watched a video of someone making those fairings for an RV (ptew!). Not sure I have the patience for that
Cubes

Made mine out of aluminium with a reverse rib form block. Actually pretty easy.

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Bob Highley
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Today was the day I got the fairings primed and installed. There will be a little more finish work on the fairings when it’s time to paint TH, but for now the fairings are done

https://youtu.be/5-9eHYHH9D0

Flying yesterday

Beautiful takeoff video.

I like that perspective, and it's nice to see an external video without jello vibrations. I'm assuming that's that's. GoPro 7/8? How did you mount it to your wing? Is it on a vibration damper or just rigidly mounted to the airframe?

I flew my Thorp off the grass strip at 0J8 near Gainesville, FL for 2 years. Nice to see a Thorp taking off from the grass.