Vision aircraft construction (Cochrane Alberta Canada): January 2023

Vision prototype photo

This is the Vision prototype designed/built by Steve Rahm in USA. and still being supported by Pro Composites Ltd. in USA. The aircraft is a 2 seat side by side, scratch built from a series of manuals. Built entirely of fiberglass and carbon cloth material the builder needs to know or learn some of the easy basics of composite construction. Building began Feb. 1998 in my spare time with 7 years where no building was possible. Building Hours at February 28, 2022: 4248.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some short videos of flights are at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxJXIwvmfNlNF3gwplFw7Q

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Modification to Elevator - Adding additional counterbalance lead -

January 11, 2023

My elevator was static balanced during construction along the hinge line. Once installed I found them to be tail heavy when all drive tubes were connected. I left the lead weight space accesible (removable foam + rib) in case I needed to add additional lead, just behind the original forward lead installed. A additional 2 pound of formed lead was added to each elevator tip and elevators are balanced up perfectly. The lead was floxed into place and a 1/4" rib was installed (floxed) along the aft edge of the new lead.

Two layer of bid fiberglass is to be installed to cover the foam.