Minimax 1100r Wood Aircraft Build - Making Wing Root Fairings
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In Minimax 1100r Wood Aircraft Build - Making Wing Root Fairings I make some fiberglass fairings to cover the gap between the fuselage and the wing.
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Finally caught up 😁 after probably a year! Well worth the effort, particularly the build videos. Big thanks for putting the effort into making the vids, I know there was a lot of work in that. Hope you are well and back to flying with a new prop soon.
Hello Denise I am watching the devistation on TV cause by the wildfires in your state. I hope you and your family are located in an area clear of these fires. Will pray for your safety.
Thanks Michael, we are in LA county but we’re in the high desert so all of the fires are in the other side of the mountain. It’s crazy what I’ve been seeing in the news, difficult to believe.
Another great build video. Been following from the beginning. Building a 1100r with my Grandsons who are Young Eagles EAA Ch 113 metal airport Plymouth/Canton MI.
I love stories like yours. Any time I get to spend time with my kids working on stuff, even at their age!
Nice little splash moulded fairing. I would have used glass tissue as a finish lamination to reduce the amount of micro but we all do different thing. Nice little touch 🙂
Thank you!
Wish I would have listened to you on the prop in the beginning. My original was performing better than the adjustments. Now we’re working on a new prop.
@@DTMinimax sorry to hear that.
Great video. Always good to see you and what you're up to with your bird!
Thank you! I sure miss making the build videos!
Make those x2 sets! That’s something I’ve wanted to do! I’ll make a video of where mine is at soon. Not to far from flight
Can’t wait to see where you are!
They’re really easy to make
That's pretty cool Dennis. Those look nice and I am glad to finally see how you were gonna close that gap. On a side note, since my RV-8 dream is dead, I am considering just building a 1550V-max. If for no other reason than to just have something to do. I'll probably won't keep it in a hangar but make it something I can trailer and road trip then explore areas of interest with. I mean, I'm just disgusted with the cost of aviation right now and have no desire to spend every penny I have building an airplane. 🤦♂
I can tell you that it’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done
Cool. This vid is like the first ones you did. Great job!
Thanks so much!
I have used the back side of a plastic spoon to make radius and fillets with epoxy. you can then use the front side of the spoon to scoop/scrape up the excess. Keeps your hands/gloves a little cleaner.
Great suggestion!
Awesome! Enjoyed that for sure, keen to see the rest & what difference it makes, Cheers.
I can tell you that when I flew this morning there was a lot more air flowing past the cockpit for sure!
@@DTMinimax That's cool!
Hello Dennis! I hope all is well out there. Have you had any fun flying adventures recently with the Minimax?
Hey there!
I’ve been waiting on my new prop to arrive. Since the 54x24 had me flying at such a narrow speed range, I decided to wait for the new prop. It ships this week so super excited to get it.
@DTMinimax Oh cool. I rewashed your last episode where you talked about that. I was under the impression with that amount of horsepower to weight would yield better results. I'm a bigger guy so I'm gonna need all the help I can get if I build one. Good luck brother. Thanks for the reply!
Hay Dennis - I was wondering about the status of your new prop as I am next in line with Dominic. I wanted to see how your new one performs before giving him the go ahead. I will need a climbing prop, as my backyard runway is 1,350' with 60' pine trees at each end. I was considering a 56x22 or 58x20. Also, could your lack of climb performance be partially caused by a high thrust line? The engine mount plans show the engine mounted directly on the wood beams - I noticed you used rather tall stand-offs. Your build looks great - hope you can get it to fly as good as it looks. - Denis
I’m supposed to get the new prop, 56x22 any time now.
The size of my stand-off’s is because Scott is making a different mounting bracket now that goes up instead of down like it used to. Im certainly anxious to see how the 22 performs. The 54x24 works fine but the speed range is narrow and the engine is working harder turning more rpm’s, but it’s not producing much for the extra rpm. I really believe the 22 is going to be the ticket. Scott says for our draggy planes, the larger diameter the better.
Have seen you in a while. Hope you are well.
Doing well. I had to order a new prop so I’m just waiting for it to come in. It should be any time now. I wasn’t comfortable with the narrow speed range of the one I have on there now.
Would Velcro work rather than screws. Would be easier when removing the wings?
I was actually thinking about industrial double sided tape too. The screws worked out well, just needed help to get them on
Regarding my other comment, did you make a video talking about the cost of getting a kit vs. sourcing your own materials? I couldn't find one but was wondering if you had the cash in your pocket and were going to start building, would you still source the materials yourself?
I estimated that I saved about $2,000 but at the cost of about 100 hours of additional build time. If I didn’t have such great access to the lumber, and 45 minutes from Aircraft Spruce, that savings would have disappeared in a hurry in freight cost alone. So I would have definitely gone with the kit.
@DTMinimax That's very helpful! I appreciate the information. I'm not, rich but if I work overtime, I can have that saved up in a few weeks. Blue skies!
@@1hornet1My complete cost was around $14,000
@@DTMinimax That is impressive!
what did it cost to cover and paint the plane
I believe I spent about $1100
@@DTMinimax im covering my loehle sport parasol in oratex, just the wing and tail, its 4200, probably another 800 for the fuse when i do it. i was wondering what the diff is, about 5x i guess.