Matthew C. Pryor's Likes

April 2021

Instrument Panel Evolution

video Instrument Panel Evolution 2 Likes AWC Inspection - Success My wife and I received our Air Worthiness Certificate today, 4/18/21, at Hemet/Ryan airport in California from Matt Hlavac, DAR (left). Its been a long road but finally got-her-done! Discussion AWC Inspection - Success 11 Likes Twiddling my thumbs

Ordered the finishing kit for my 701. They said it won't ship until late September. Building an airplane requires a lot of inspiration and motivation maintenance as it is. We've all heard of the…

Blog Twiddling my thumbs 3 Likes Critique my rivets I'm a new builder and I'd like feedback on my rivets. In the photos you can see some A5 rivets along the rear spar of my 650 B horizontal stabilizer. I think these rivets are representative of my wor… Discussion Critique my rivets 1 Like

March 2021

Custom panel labels Made some custom labels in Inkscape and sent them to customrubontransfers.com , Discussion Custom panel labels 5 Likes Lightened non-slip Zentih 750 Brake Pedals

photo Lightened non-slip Zentih 750 Brake Pedals 2 Likes Instrument Panel Populated

photo Instrument Panel Populated 4 Likes Fuel/baggage stickers Got these from Mark at Aircraftstickers.com. Discussion Fuel/baggage stickers 8 Likes Wall Chart Cheat Sheet Took a Cleveland Chart, modified it and set it up in Word to easily print in large font. Thought I would share with this group for anyone building as it is so helpful for me. Discussion Wall Chart Cheat Sheet 6 Likes 013

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February 2021

Flanging die

photo Flanging die 1 Like Machining flanging die

photo Machining flanging die 3 Likes Update

I haven't posted in quite awhile. I am working at a very slow pace due to time constraints and perfectionism. I have lots of updated photos to show.

Blog Update 3 Likes Panel Upgrade

After flying my HDS for 10 and half years, decide to upgrade the instrument panel in order to relieve some COVID fatigue. Purchased an inexpensive CNC router to make the cutouts and learned to…

Blog Panel Upgrade 1 Like Zenith 601 HDS - Parked

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photo 012 1 Like STOL CH 750 Instrument Panel

photo STOL CH 750 Instrument Panel 1 Like

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