| Chinook Construction & Painting |
After removing all fitted items, and taping or masking those that could not be
removed, the interior and tubes were painted black to kill reflections. The yellow
was then applied to the exterior. Covering was easy and fun, but not the painting.
removed, the interior and tubes were painted black to kill reflections. The yellow
was then applied to the exterior. Covering was easy and fun, but not the painting.
I got my Chinook with the Endura paint package sold by ASAP. It is very good, flexible paint, and it adheres well. Over 8 years I have had no complaints with this paint.
It is very time consuming to put on and very slow to dry. Each coat needed 24 hours to dry. Automotive paint would never work for this unless you put in a lot of flex
additive. I found that an adhesive roller for flooring glue would stand up to the paint solvent, so I rolled on the primer coat to force it into the fabric.
Painting, wiring, assembling and rigging take as much time as building. When you get it built and covered, you are about half finished.
It is very time consuming to put on and very slow to dry. Each coat needed 24 hours to dry. Automotive paint would never work for this unless you put in a lot of flex
additive. I found that an adhesive roller for flooring glue would stand up to the paint solvent, so I rolled on the primer coat to force it into the fabric.
Painting, wiring, assembling and rigging take as much time as building. When you get it built and covered, you are about half finished.
| You will never forget your first flight in a plane you built yourself. |
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Specifications:
- Empty weight fully equipped for flight as I fly it: 555 pounds
- Weight on tailwheel empty: 109 pounds
- Fuel capacity with all tanks: 26 gallons
- Range without refueling: 500 miles
- Longest one way flight taken without refueling 465 miles
- Highest gross weight ever flown 1150 pounds
- Total time to build and paint 200 hours
- Highest altitude flown to date 7500 MSL
- Highest coolant temp ever seen 160 F
| CHINOOK +2 HD VIDEO .MP4 Click here for a HD Video taken from my Chinook on November 8, 2009. This is a downloadable MP4 file. Sound is pretty much what you hear in the cockpit. Leaves are off the trees, and mostly inside the plane. A shallow dive and climb is shown. My last flight of the season. Because it is HD, this will take some time to download. |