Panther Roll Out Party – Join us Sat March 9th at 11 am!!
The saying is “Put your money where your mouth is.” So here we are, one month from Sun’NFun and on Saturday March 9th, at 11 am, we are rolling the Panther out for all to see and we want you and yours to join us. The EAA Chapter 1379 meeting is taking place just down […]
Fuel Tanks, Firewall, Cowling and Canopy Skirt
I started assembling the left fuel tank today with the Flamemaster and things went very well. All of the end or butt ribs had been sealed except for one right one, so I started with that. This way it would have time to cure before I got around to it. I have been mixing in […]
Thoughts on cold weather operation, minimum oil temps, etc.
Thoughts on cold weather operation, minimum oil temps, etc..
Sticky, smelly and everywhere
I started the process of sealing the fuel tanks on the end ribs yesterday. I am dealing with a learning curve here since I have never done this – but all in all it went fairly well. I started by clearing the bench and laying out all the tools I needed and the parts I […]
Fuel Tank Update
I have been working on prepping the fuel tanks this week. Getting the skins fitted to the ribs and updrilled went very well once I figured out how to keep the skin from shifting. Bob Woolley and I followed Tony’s lead and fabricated a cross member to keep the skin pushed down and lined up. […]
Canopy skirt gives the Panther even more dimension
Yesterday afternoon Dan started on the canopy skirt. First things first – cover everything the resin will touch with tape. So after about 4 rolls of wide masking tape along with poster board the Panther looks like a little funny. Then Dan started laying out the fiberglass and cut a bunch of 8 inch wide […]
Meet Dick Fisher — Panther LS Tri-Gear Beta Builder
One of the many fly-ins Dan attended with his Cleanex, and one of his favorite, was the Sonex fly-in held in Crossville, TN. The 2009 fly-in was where Dan and Dick first met. Dick’s love of flight started in a Piper Cub on skis in 1966 in Meadville, PA. His lessons began in 1970 in […]
Sun’NFun 2013
Meet Panther Beta Builder Robert (Bob) Woolley
Meet Panther beta builder Mr. Robert (Bob) Woolley. Bob, and his lovely wife Sandra, have been friends and neighbors since….well forever. Dan started coming to Haller airpark, which we now call home, in 1985, and Bob was one of Dan’s mentors then. Bob is a retired Air Force pilot with time in fighter, trainer and […]
Meet Panther Beta Builder Tony Spicer
Being a beta builder for the builder means you get to be the first set of builders for a design. That is great – right? What it also means is you get to work out all of the bugs, figure most of it out on your own and work with little or no plans. It […]
