The build is going very well for you. Sometimes life gets in the way of our builds but you always come back to it and that is a good thing. Keep your eye on the prize at the end of the build. Flying something that you have created with your own two hands will give you a feeling of satisfaction that will continue for the rest of your life.

Thanks Aeronut
I did a little more work on the front turtle deck over the lunch hour today.

I decided it was time to see what the instrument panel looks like installed so i put it in. OH and yes airplane noises were made

Nothing picture worthy, but I spent some time with the plans, a calculator, and the computer and ordered up the supplies i will need to cover the airplane

She sits on her gear for the first time ever. Well sort of, it's on it's main gear anyway, tail wheel still needs to be installed.

I did some assembly of the tail wheel, and more of the never ending varnishing

The Fuselage is varnished and officially sitting on it's gear.

Do you really need a full length hinge for the door? I see weight saving there.

honestly i was just thinking about that

I cut the aileron hinges and started to install them. I also clamped the tail feathers to t he fuselage to get them out of the way and to see what they looked like on the plane.

Its starting to look like an aeroplane! Yaay!

Wow!  What a lovely Ultra-Piet.

been offline, in desert (death valley np) for past six months... what a great thread to come back to... love the ultrapiet progress!!

This would be amazing with the 3-cylinder Verner radial.

I've been working on fabricating the engine mount

Still tinkering with the engine mount, working on attaching it to the airfame

Is that a 1/4 in. aluminum plate that the engine bolts to? It looks like the Fisher system?  

it is a 1/4 aluminum plate to bolt the engine to.
the engine mount is completed now.

It looks great and kinda makes the distance from the main wheels to the tail wheel look a little longer.

worked on getting the reduction drive pulley installed on the engine mount

Thanks for continued visual progress reports!... Can't wait for the flight videos.

That's one of the finest ultra-Piet builds I've seen yet.  

Thank you Buzz73

I had a friend coaching as i tried my hand at covering today. My rudder is covered. the fabric still needs shrunk and the tapes put on. we also got the holes drilled to attach the horizontal stab. and the vertical fin.

still working on getting fabric on the tail feathers, I got the fabric on the rudder shrunk. I was going to work on tapes then decided that 3 inch tapes would work best for the edges on the rudder. I didn't have 3 inch taps so ordered some. Then worked on getting fabric on the vertical fin.

I put some of the tapes on the vertical fin and the rudder, still waiting on the 3 inch tapes for the edges. I also got the fabric on the horizontal stab. slowly but surely getting some skin on the skeleton.

be flying before you know it!

As scary a thought that is Puff I sure do hope you are right.
Fabric work can be tedious but I am enjoying it as I get better at it. The fabric on the horizontal stab. is shrunk and I glued the tapes to the ribs. I made and glued some reinforcement patches on the gussets to the rudder as well. I'm still waiting for the 3 inch tapes for the edges though.

after a busy couple of weeks i got to spend a good part of today in the shop. I got a lot of the reinforcement patches on the horizontal stab. and did quite a bit of edge taping. I think the vertical fin is ready for paint now.

did some more tape work on the rudder and now it is ready for pain. I also did some anti chafe taping on an elevator getting it ready to cover. I did learn two things today though. 1. do not use the tip of your thumb to clean ecobond glue off the blade of the scissors, and 2. you use the tip of your thumb a lot when doing fabric work.

still plugging away on getting the tail feathers covered, I got fabric on one of the elevators and finished the reinforcement patches on the horizontal stab.