I had hoped the new proposed weight increase for Light Sport would have become effective by the time I certified this airplane since the plans allow 1400lb gross weight, but as it stands, I guess I should probably certify at 1320. I'm a Private Pilot, and Basic Med is still a thing..... but I do have a CFI-SP, so if I wanted to instruct my Children (who are now grown), or grandchildren down the road should they become interested, I could....It's too bad though....that extra little bit would be nice....I mean, I'll never fly it at 1400lbs....no way ahem. If I really believed it would happen....I might go ahead and give myself that extra 80lbs useful, but I won't bank on the FAA getting it done.
https://generalaviationnews.com/2020/09/03/the-latest-on-the-faas-proposed-changes-to-lsa/
That being said, I got some usefull stuff done today...I installed a 3 position switch for my master, off/batt/alt, all in one nice little toggle switch that cost less than $5 bucks....it's an idea I got from a Kitplanes article....I like it. I drilled out the .125 copper buss bar for my breakers and the darn screws are too short....typical, I should have found some .0625 thick bar i guess. New scews coming up. I fooled around with that corrugated platic I bought for the interior...I think it's going to work out nicely. I glued some fabric on a piece and really kicked it around....pretty tuff, and very light. I only have the one fuel line feft to make (the flex line from the steve's gascolator to the carb)....do you guys put fire sleeve on?? I didn't on my J3...just wondering if it's worth grabbing some? I put a rubber windshield strip on (I read a bunch of threads on here) and chose to do it that way, but I have a rubber L shaped strip rivited all along the inside with the rubber channel like a Zenith uses around the bottom of the windshield. I saw a few that didn't do the inside L piece but I like having that contained all the way around, If later I don't like it, I'll put the traditional strip in there (or I'll play with fiberglass and lay one up)...I think it will be fine though. I have surplus Piper Colt fuel tanks that are in nice shape, but they need new gaskets for the fuel senders...I ordered them up today and was wondering if I should do some testing on the senders....are these a common problem area? I should hook them up and see if they move with the darn float, and make sure the float floats....I've got quite a bit of time in a colt and don't remember my buddy having trouble with his in the last 30+ years....just wondering? A leak would be crappy. As I said before, I have the headerless system so ports on front and back of tanks....I will leak check all of this, and do FAA flow test which I'm sure will be fine....Thanks for the info on the caps....the pressure one's I was going to get were $45 each..the plain vented caps are about $10....good stuff.
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