Departure day is just around the corner for Blakesburg, and the Fairchild is getting very close to flying. The leather baffles that fit between the engine and cowling are on. Tomorrow we expect to put everything back together and do an engine run up, then the test flight. If everything goes well we should fly the next few days to break in the engine and depart for Iowa on Sunday.
Jim getting his hands on some of the more difficult bolts in an attempt to install the collector ring.
Leather baffles in place, putting the finishing touches on the collector ring which can be a difficult exercise in things fitting at one end of the circle and not at the other. You can feel like a cat chasing its tail.
Collector ring in place, ready for the cowling and engine start!
