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Days 1 & 2 - Saturday and Sunday 21st/22nd October 2001
Unboxing and checking parts
Day 3 - Tuesday 23rd October
Assembling Trike keel, front forks, pylon, engine mount and seat frame.
Day 4 - Wednesday 24th October
Wheels, front forks, regulator/rectifier and radiator
Day 5 - Friday 26th October
Gear struts, fuel tank and seats
Day 6 - Saturday 27th October
First shot of complete rolling chassis, plus engine mounts and wing
assembly
Day 7 - Sunday 28th October
Throttles, brakes and seat belts
Day 8 - Monday 29th October
Fuel system and engine
Day 9 - Tuesday 30th October
More on the engine, and carb assembly too
Day
10 - Wednesday 31st October
Cabling (No pictures!)
Day 11 - Friday 2nd November
The main wiring loom
Day 12 - Saturday 3rd November
Fitting the sail to the wing
Day 13 - Sunday 4th November
Finishing fitting the sail to the wing (big job!). Nice picture of the
assembled, rigged wing.
Day 14 - Monday 5th November
Fitting the pod
Day 15 - Tuesday 6th November
Choke cables, hand throttle and windscreen.
Submission to BMAA Chief
Technical Officer (Guy Gratton) for approval of modification to instrumentation
and fuel system
Day 16 - Wednesday 7th November
Instrument panel
Friday 9th November
no work done today on the build, but received approval
from BMAA CTO for mods - a 3-day turnaround!
There are 3 additional
inspections required for the mods:
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Instrument Panel - confirm range limits
correctly set up and working properly (Temperatures and Revs), with
audio warning on comms interface.
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Radio/intercom - TIL101 Page 3 to be completed
and attached to stage inspections
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GPS Mount - to be load tested as per TIL 027
para 14.2
Day 17 - Saturday 10th
November
Radiator, radio aerial and propellor
Day 18 - Sunday 11th
November
Underslung radiator housing, fuel system and
instrument panel wiring
Friday 16th
November
Small build update with no pictures.
Day 19 - Saturday 17th
November
Exhaust manifold, electric start and the
finished cockpit with a great picture of the digital instrument panel.
Day 20 - Sunday 18th
November
On the trailer for the first time, plus the
wheel spats are fitted.
Day 21 - Sunday 25th
November
Excellent Flycom integrated helmets and headsets,
plus finishing the exhaust system
Day 22 - Saturday, 5th
January, 2002
Finishing touches
Day 23 - Sunday,
24th February, 2002
Fitting a rear-seat steering kit and a new trike
cover, plus an early look at the engine intended to replace the Rotax 582.
Day 24 - Friday 22nd March, 2002
Final inspection at Rochester Airport.
Day 25 - Tuesday, 2nd April, 2002
Engine run-in at Frieze Farm
Day 26 - Sunday, 7th April, 2002
Fuel flow test at Frieze Farm, and application for Permit to Test all ready
to go in the post to the BMAA - hurrah! (and there was much rejoicing)
Test Flight - Saturday, 1st June 2002
Paul Dewhurst puts my Baby through her paces at Sywell aerodrome.
Hints and tips for future Kiss builders
Things that made me go 'Hmmmm'
Some points on Build quality and time
The kit had shortcomings, but few and far between!
Build manual errata
One day, I'll get around to transcribing all
my notes from the build manual - I promise!
