• 14th Visit from Bob Furness to discuss the aileron mass balance
• 19th Called Peter Pilbeam in Victoria about undercarriage legs for which he is famous. I have decided to go ahead with Cessna style spring legs as I have seen on a Falconar Jodel
• 19th Called David Cowley re “fibre” used for cable fairleads he suggested the material cutting boards are made from. I found a suitable material at the hardware shop.
• 19th Designed a spring undercarriage for Ole Hartmann to put together for me. Olie is an expert on Metal aircraft and aluminium u/c legs.
• 24th After discussions with Harry Bellott I purchased cable and turnbuckles from Shearwater Marine in Taree

Compression tube, mass balance & cable attached to aileron horn	Landing light in port wing	Ply skin on leading edge of wing
Port aileron fitted to wing	Port wing flap with skin & hinges	Control column, cable attached, BMW flap lever

February

• 2nd Talk to Phil Goard to see how the engine mount and re-drive are coming along. These will be finished and available at the Recreational Aircraft Association annual fly-in to Narromine at the end of March. I planned to fly to Narromine in the HDFC Club C172.
• 9th Barney and Lyndal helped to turn the wing over as the top of the wing including wing walk ply is complete

Wing turned

March

Fuselage

Wing

Rear of instrument panel

Instrument panel fitted

April

Wing before finishing coat	Wing after finishing coat	Wing and fuselage with coat of white Poly Tone
Cabin and quick release for screen	Instrument panel	Fuselage with coat of white Poly Tone
	Tail with paint and tail wheel	The complete instrument panel includes a Dynon EFIS Micro air radio and transponder, back-up ASI and Altimeter skid ball, oil & water pressures and temperatures.

May

Canopy and fuselage in white and red with striping	Subaru EJ22 engine in position	Undercarriage leg as per Falconer variant of the Jodel D150
Flap at 45º down	Undercarriage leg/mount	Control panel in position but still to be wired up
Tail feathers and registration marks	Wing still inverted until wheels arrive

June

The Jodel gets engine mount and redrive gearbox from Phil Goard. The undercarriage is fitted with 6" Matco wheel and disc brake unit. The wing is finally painted this month and fitted to the fuselage for preliminary rigging before being dissaembled and transported to Port Macquarie.
Port and starboard views of the engine, mount and redrive

"Lyndal, there's a Jodel in the shed" "No Bill, it's not a shed, it's a hangar"

September

	Radiator is Nissan 300ZX not for any reason but because we found one. Aluminium core 6litres fluid. The EJ 22 operates at a pressure of 13lb, the Subaru thermostat which is housed at the bottom of the engoine opens at 78 to 80C. On this basis the top of the engine is likely to reach 100 and continue at this temperature

December

Jodel D150 Suba "Sky-Prince" Warp drive ground-adjustable prop. Next step, take it all apart and move to the training ground

Christmas

Yep, it's finished by Christmas (2005, that is). And now it's off to Taree thanks to Kevin Maxwell of Kew and his Camden Haven Tilt Tray

Moving from construction to test mid January 2006