The Steen Skybolt

	Outline
	Cut-out Diagram
	3-View Drawings
	Chip Cotton's Skybolt

Firewall aft

My Smoke System

Ribs & Bows

	Ribs Preparation
	Rib Templates
	Rib Templates Complete
	Wing Tip Bows
	Wing Tip Bows II
	Upper Ribs Complete

Right Wing

	Lower Wing Rib Construct
	Spar Fabricating
	Drag Wire Blocks
	Right Wing I
	Right Wing II
	Drag Wire Drill Jig
	I-Strut Drill Jig
	Right Wing III
	Right Wing IV
	Right Wing V
	Right Wing VI
	Right Wing VII
	Right Wing VIII
	Right Wing VIIII
	Right Wing X
	Right Wing XI
	Right Wing XII
	Right Wing XIII
	Right Wing XIV
	Right Wing XV
	Right Wing XVI
	Right Wing Almost Done
	Right Wing Done!

Left Wing

	Spar Fabricating
	Left Wing I
	Left Wing II
	Left Wing III
	Left Wing IV
	Left Wing V
	Left Wing VI
	Left Wing VII
	Left Wing VIII
	Left Wing VIIII
	Left Wing X
	Left Wing XI
	Left wing Done!

Upper Wing

	New Bench
	Splice Join Jig
	Spar Fabrication
	Upper Wing I
	Upper Wing II
	Upper Wing III
	Upper Wing IV
	Upper Wing V
	Upper Wing VI
	Upper Wing VII
	Upper Wing VIII
	Upper Wing IX
	Upper Wing X Done!
	Center Bay & More
	Topsy-Turvy
	Wing Finally Done!

Wings General

	Initial Wing Rigging
	Aileron Linkage & I-struts
	More I-struts
	The Welder from Hell

Ailerons

	Aileron Templates
	Aileron Rib Construct
	Lower Aileron Build I
	Lower Aileron II
	Lower Aileron III
	Lower Aileron IV
	Lower Aileron V
	Lower Ailerons Done!
	Upper Aileron I
	Upper Aileron II
	Upper Aileron III
	Aileron Rib Anomaly
	Upper Aileron IV
	Upper Ailerons Done!

Cockpits

	Instrument Panels
	More Panel Stuff
	Panels & Tank Painted!
	Throttle Quadrants & Harnesses
	Fitting Gauges
	Adding Shiny Stuff
	Smoke & Instruments

Fuselage

	Seat Backs & Torque Tube
	Rudder Pedals
	Brakes
	Landing Gear Choices
	Starting Landing Gear
	Landing Gear Progress
	Landing Gear Ready For Tacking
	Gear. Heel Rails. Firewall
	Landing Gear Setting Toe
	Stuff & Landing Gear Done!
	Elbow Rests & Fuel Valve
	Smoke Tank & Fuel System
	Powdered Mount & Standoffs
	Stringers & Torque Tube
	Sheet Metal
	Sheet Metal & Turtle Deck
	Exhaust Ramp
	Upholstery
	Catching Up

Empennage

	Stabs Trims & Controls
	Stabs, Trim & Controls II

Firewall Forward

	Powerplant
	Nosebowl & Exhaust
	Alternate Air Induction

Miscellaneous

	2007 Recap
	2008 Recap
	To weld or not to weld..
	Skybolt Builders Manual
	Fuel Plumbing and...
	Lots of Stuff

Other Stuff

	Skydiving
	Web Design by Beej
	The TSA Sux...
	Visitors from the UK
	Biplane Expo 2008
	Biplane Expo Musings 2009

Contact

Related Links

	Aviation Links
	My Favorite Homebuilt Story

About Beej & Loz

	How We Met
	The Visits
	Our Wedding Day
	About Us
	Oshkosh 2007 Musings

Flight Training 1-20

	Introduction
	1. A Sickly Intro
	2. Loose Cabin Doors
	3. Old-Timer Landings
	4. Say Again Bruce?
	5. I Like Small Airports
	6. People DO Fail
	7. Round & Round &...
	8. Touch n Goes
	9. Farm Strip Landings
	10. Rudder Rudder!
	11. Crosswinds Suck
	12. I like Crosswinds :-)
	13. I can do this..
	14. The Solo is Booked!
	15. Final Pre-solo Lesson
	16. FIRST SOLO!!
	17. Post Solo Blues
	18. Short Cross-Country
	19. Second Solo!
	20. More Solo Stuff

Flight Training 21-40

	21. First Self-Booked Flight
	22. Cross Landings/slips
	23. Slips
	24. Short Cross Country
	25. Solo Pattern Work
	26. First Cross Country
	27. Solo Pattern Work
	28. Back with Bruce
	29. Soft/Short Fields
	30. New CFI
	31. 1st Lesson with new CFI
	32. Soft & Shorts'
	33. Intro to VOR
	34. Solo in the Archer

Canopy

	Canopy Redux
	Canopy II

Fabric & Paint

	Rudder Covering
	Fabric Work

Electrical

	Firewall Aft Work
	Instrument Panel Done

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