Build Update January 6th 2020: Back Seat Cushion

I learned how to use the sewing machine last night and it was so much faster than sewing my test piece by hand! It made me feel like an industrial revolution era housewife who just got a mechanized sewer. I made part callouts for every piece of fabric I needed and what color then I cut as needed to avoid mixups. I observed that there was a lot of crossover in the craftsmanship and artisanhood of sewing and building. The hardest part was the zipper. It stretched the fabric strangely and required very high precision, which was difficult to pull off. Luckily I had made a test piece with an extra zipper I had bought. This allowed me to work out all the bugs in my process and by the time I was sewing the real zipper I had a reliable method. The seat will be a little bit more difficult because the shape is more complex. I am excited to have my seats finished and installed.

Plane Painted

When I flew my plane to OSH23, I saw an artist painting a small depiction of an airplane. She was painting a very small photorealistic scene from a phone image. I could not believe how detailed she was able to make it! She let me watch over he shoulder as she worked. I was so impressed that I commisisoned a similar painting of my sonex. Id like to share that painting with you all. Her name is Rhonda DeGarmo. She has a lot of other work. If you're interested in getting in touch with her please reach out to me and I will pass along her information.

Build Update April 5 2018: Dissasembling the Aerovee

The engine I bought was already built, and had not been run. My dad and I planned to take it all apart to give me a better understanding of the engine, as well as to identify any problems before they got bad. The Arovee engine was heavy and awkward to move. at the time it was sitting on the workbench with everything installed. Going into this I had only enough sense to tell you which cylinder is the #1, 2, 3, and 4, and I knew some of the terminology, such as crackshaft. I frequently asked my dad "what do you call that part?" we began unbolting stuff in roughly reverse order from the manual (if you're familiar with sonex plans, you're used to backwards) In under an hour we had stripped many of the external parts off and the engine had lost at least 20 pounds! A box was designated as the hardware box, so it'll be like legos trying to find the right bolts and nuts again when I reassemble it. the important part is that they're all together and no

Isaac Shultz's Sonex Project

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