EAA Sport Aviation - September 2010

NEVADA BELLANCA

MY 1946 BELLANCA sports a Lycoming O-360 with a Hartzell constant-speed prop. It was in a fire in 2006. I bought another one for the wings, and my son and I restored it in less than a year; it has about 50 hours since. It has a completely redesigned instrument flight rules-equipped panel (steam gauges only), Brittain wing leveler, and a hydraulic gear. It is my third “cardboard Constellation.” It flies at more than 160 mph. It is hangared at Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX) in Fallon, Nevada.

WASHINGTON BUSHCADDY I STARTED MY PROJECT in December 2006, and N620MP received its experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA) airworthiness certificate in August 2009 after 735 hours’ build time in two and a half years. The engine is a Jabiru 3300 turning a ground-adjustable Whirl Wind prop. The avionics include a glass panel from Grand Rapids Technologies, Microair radio and transponder, and Alpha RLI, and the paint is Stewart Systems two-part waterborne paint system. I have 11. 5 hours on the BushCaddy, and it has turned out to be a great flying machine. Thanks to my wife for her support, Don Morrisey, Ron Shannon, Jim Scott, and to all the friends I have met throughout this project. You can see the whole build log at www.MyKitLog.com/Marin.

Kent Tarver, EAA 458798; Fallon, Nevada E-mail: kent2@cccomm.net

Marin Streeter, EAA 750103; Silvana, Washington
E-mail: alderacres@foxinternet.net
Technical Counselor: Don Hall

TEXAS RV- 7

N743DM RECEIVED ITS airworthiness certificate on July 14, 2009, and my first flight was on August 12, 2009. The plane was finished and flown 11 months after the quick-build fuselage and wings arrived at my house. The plane is powered with a Lycoming O-320 150-hp engine swinging a Catto two-bladed composite prop. It has dual B&C alternators, B&C starter, a Vertical Power 50 electrical management system, Dynon D180 with dual servo autopilot and heated pitot tube, a Garmin 430W, a Garmin GI 106A, a Garmin GTX 327 transponder, and a Flightcom stereo intercom system.

Thanks to my wife, Marge; my brother, Scooter; Marcus Goetting; Darrel Reilly; Paul Schmitt; and Bryan Decker. I owe special thanks to Rick Huebner of Alton, Illinois, and Seth Hancock of Georgetown, Texas.