The November
meeting of EAA Chapter 174 was called to order by Vice President Tom Jenkins
on Sunday Nov 16 at Clermont County Airport's old terminal building.
Secretary Lee Jewell read the meeting minutes from the November board
meeting. New treasurer Phil Cady gave the financial report.
Scott Hersha gave the membership report which showed that 86 members have
paid their dues for 2004. Thirty two have not paid, giving the uncertainty
of a paper newsletter as the reason. It is felt that, with the solution of
the newsletter question, the majority of these members will renew. Stu Faber
reported on that newsletter solution, announcing that the chapter will have
the document printed, folded and mailed by the U S Postal Service for a very
reasonable price. A newsletter editor is still needed, as well as more
written input from the membership.
Tom Jenkins took the opportunity to thank Mike Franzago and Mike Griffith
for their years of handing the newsletter. Tom mentioned the article in
Plane and Pilot Magazine regarding our chapter's Build a Plane program.
Technical Counselors Gary Collins and Howard Wells discussed their visits to
inspect members' projects. Their reports are published on the chapter
website.
Librarian Ray Kneipp Jr. announced that new boxes for
storing magazines are available for purchase. Tom mentioned again that the
terminal building is scheduled for demolition and we will be moving our
meetings to the Hawk building.
Paul Gould, who sold his award-winning Aeronca Chief at Oshkosh, announced
that he has purchased the oldest post-war Aeronca Chief in existence, Serial
Number 2. Paul also recently received his A & P license as a result of his
restoration of the first Chief.
Election ballots were passed out, the election completed, and officers for
2004 were announced as:
| President: Vice President: Treasurer: Secretary: |
Tom Jenkins Todd Winemiller Phil Cady Lee Jewell |
Don Reasoner accepted the chairmanship of the Build a
Plane program for 2004.
For the day's program, Stan Faske, of the Cincinnati FSDO, gave an excellent
talk on the process of getting a homebuilt aircraft certified.
Respectfully submitted,
Lee Jewell, Secretary
Technical
Counselor Reports
by Gary Collins and Howard Wells,
Chapter 174 Technical Counselors
Keane Shockley, Vans RV-7A. Inspection on October 15, 2003. Keane started work on this kit on September 1, 2003. In less than 60 hours he had the empennage completed and requested the inspection to have his riveting technique checked. Since Keane has taken a SportAir RV builders class, he had a head start and is doing a good job. You will be able to follow the progress of this project in detail since Keane is going to use his web site as his builders log. Go to www.shockleys.net There are lots of photos and details of the building process and the supplies, like the self-etching primer, he is using on the non-alclad parts.
Mark Neubauer, GlaStar. Inspection on November 6, 2003. The airframe is complete. Mark will use the Superior XP-360 engine with dual Lightspeed Engineering ignition, a standard carburetor and a fixed pitch metal prop. Mark will go to the Superior plant and observe the engine being assembled.
The electronic ignition will be installed by Superior and the engine will go through a break-in test run in their facility and should be delivered by the end of November. We reviewed the instrument panel installation in some detail. The panel was developed using the panel development tool available at http://panelbuilder.com The airplane will be all electric and no vacuum system will be installed. It will be set up for IFR operations. We reviewed: (1) the intelligent switching system that controls the pumps that transfer fuel from the aux tanks to the main tanks,( 2) the angle of attack system, (3) the antenna mounting, and (4) the battery mounting structure (ask Mark where he is getting his battery). Mark has utilized the Aero Electric Connection as the main source for his electrical system design and has developed very detailed wiring diagrams. Very nice. We discussed getting the plane out of the basement workshop and prop selection. Mark is looking for guidance on how to assemble the dyna-focal shock mounts. I recall the process was covered in a Vans newsletter awhile back but so far have not found it. Mark is doing a thoughtful and high quality job of construction and is planning for future maintenance access.