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  1. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Over the last two week I managed to get both wing tanks installed . Just getting the courage to cut a hole in my brand new wings was the hardest part . After cutting out the second rib and a bunch of Geodetic strapping I had to build a platform for the tank to sit on . It must be positioned just...
  2. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    My new tail wheel arrived the other day . I thought I would share some photos of it . This is a 9 inch custom " Tundra lite" tail wheel Made by Jim Pekola from Aberdeen Washington and is the same tail wheel that is on the Super stol highlander that was at Sun and Fun last week. The...
  3. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Last week I did some work on my instrument panel. I decided I could fit more gauges in the panel if I stacked them so here's the first try. all my gauges are new UMA brand Non TSO'. I had thought about getting a german brand called Winter but my questions to Aircraft spruce never got answered to...
  4. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Installing the windshield was fairly straight forward . But I took it slow . The last thing I wanted to do was to cut to much off and buy a new one . I used my roto zip and a sander to trim things up and get a good fit . I also used special acrylic drill bitts to drill all the hole to avoid...
  5. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    I spent the week doing detail work on the ailerons and flap hardware . Now that its all in place I ended my day by epoxying the first pieces of the cabin roof supports . Time to get the cabin closed in . Danielle N5660 DH87
  6. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Wing strut installation was pretty straight forward . I started by installing the lower main strut bracket on the fuselage . At the base of this assembly there is a piece that you have to drill from opposite directions, it allows the wing strut to pivot around when you fold the wings. After...
  7. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    I started wing installation yesterday . Just getting the wings up and in place with out damaging them took most of the day. Then lots of measurements and double checking the blue prints . When all seem right I bolted them in place . Tomorrow I will start bolting the struts in place. Danielle...
  8. Danielle

    Spruce or Fir supplier

    Boulters supplied me with some very nice sitka Danielle
  9. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    I started the day working on my rudder cables. Then I installed the rudder pedal set up after wasting a lot of time trying to figure out which one was the left and which one was the right they seem to fit either side but they are different .Getting the brake cylinder at the proper angle consumed...
  10. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    The elevator control linkage is now installed I made several nylon bearings for the tubing to slide through and am happy wiht the way it all works. I had to change the location of the exit hole for the elevator rod in the rear of the airplane to get a nice straight hook up to the elevator horn...
  11. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    After getting the landing gear on. I was all excited to keep working on the Hawk but we had a little wind storm hear on the east coast I think it was called "Nemo" I lost part of the roof. So I spent most of this week dealing with that . Then I got to work on the control linkage first I laid...
  12. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    All my parts have now arrived it took me a few days to inventory and organize them . streamlined aluminum strut material for the wings. Matco wheels and brakes 6x8.00 cast aluminum wheels . Fiberglass front Cowling Now its time to get to work on installing the landing gear Big snow...
  13. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Parts! have arrived, at least some parts have arrived . Wing tanks and all my AN nuts and bolts , What I really need right now is the landing gear . I will keep my fingers crossed it will arrive soon. so I can move forward . Danielle N5660 DH87
  14. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    After a week of waiting for my parts order and not hearing any news I decided to start varnishing the exterior wood work with system three S-1 two part epoxy varnish and paint the interior cabin area with some sherwin williams porch and floor paint ( light brown ).I spent a day cleaning and...
  15. Danielle

    Winter instruments

    So far its thumbs up for the Winter instruments. I have ruled out EFIS mostly on esthetics . Plus this airplane is going to be up in Alaska and I have questions about the display screen surviving -35 below temps. I am going to give the I -Pad a try for Gps- Nav but I am making it removable so...
  16. Danielle

    Winter instruments

    Its time for me to order some instruments for my Dakota Hawk build . I have to stay in budget so I was first thinking about the standard UMA or Falcon gauges from Aircraft spruce but there was a brand called "Winter " that looked very interesting. They have some unique features . But are they...
  17. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Last week I tackled the fuselage streamers They are 1/4 x 3/4 spruce that attach on end and have there sides tapered to give the fuselage its shape. Each side has three and the bottom has three they are made from 1/4 x 1 1/4 spruce I only did the sides . After they were in place I threw a bed...
  18. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    Yesterday I built the door frames for my Hawk. I built them right in place,and used wax paper to keep them from sticking to the door jam. I did this so the fit was just right .Then this morning I removed them and cut the 1/8th inch ply outer panel and glued them to the frames . After that I...
  19. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    While I was on a roll I decided to tackle the elevator and trim tab today . After only a couple minutes of cutting parts on my small bad saw it decided to break its blade which meant that the thirty some odd blocks like this would all have to be cut by hand or risk doing it on my big band...
  20. Danielle

    Dakota Hawk , Belfast Maine

    The material for the horizontal stabilizer was all ready for me to work on. So after a couple hours of trimming and sanding parts I had everything ready for epoxy. Everyone who walk by my work area today commented on how big it was . Then after lunch I spent about an hour sanding and...
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