South Jersey Skybolt :: A Radial Engined Biplane

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Home Back to the front page.

EAA The Experimental Aircraft Association.
  My Local Chapter

The Plane A little about the Skybolt.
  Why the Bolt? Why I wanted to build the Skybolt.
  Flying it A story about my first time flying akro. Not about the Skybolt yet.
  Skybolt Pictures What's it going to look like when it's finsihed.
  Skybolt Articles Articles written on the Skybolt.

The Engine Choosing the business end of the plane.
  Which Radial? Now that it's a radial... which one ?
    The R985 The P&W R985 Radial. Sweet!
    The Lycoming R680 Could this be the one ?
    The R985 A Russian Radial. Need to stomp the left pedal on this one.
  Technical Information Tech info to help keep it running.
  The Search Searching for that R985.
  Installation Installing the radial.

The Build My thoughts on building.
  Sequence The order that I'm building it.
  The Wings Building the wings.
    Ribs/Bows Building the ribs and bows.
    The Ailerons Building the ailerons.
    Lower Wings Making the Lower Wings.
    Upper Wings Putting the 3-pc wing together.
  Spinning Metal The Lathe: The fine art of turning metal.
  The Weld Puddle Welding ! Holy Smokes !
    The Weld Puddle Too Learning to Weld.
  The Empennage Making the tail feathers for this bird.
    The Stabilizers Bending and welding up the stabilizers.
  The Fuselage Cutting and welding up of the main structure.
    Rudder Pedals Putting the pieces together.
  The Blue Prints Clarifying the drawings for the first time builder.
  Paint Possible paint schemes.

Build Log What its all about. My "daily" log.

Links Not the golfing kind.

What's New Updates on the site.

4th Dimension Looking for another plane to fly while building.

Hangar Flying This and that. The Airport Bum.
First Time Up Denise's First Flight.
Silent Flight Experiencing the joy of sailplane flying.

Tools Things to make your life easier.

Yellow Bird Pictures Looking at the inside of Hal's beast.

Contact Me Send me a note or two.

Last updated: March 20, 2007