Strait'n the curves

By now you know that flying a Lancair with parasite or other forms of preventable drag is practically a felony and punishable by more hours of mixing micro and sanding your fingers to the bone. Well, here's one the factory doesn't even try to cover up. On the elevator as well as the rudder trim, there is no stock deflector designed for covering up the little arms on the Ray Allen T-x trim motors. Ya know, I think that's part of the 51% :) No worries, head to your favorite toy store and grab some clay off the kids shelf. Create a mold around the trim motor and shape to fit. When you're happy, throw some rosin on the clay to prevent sticking and cover the base of the area with release tape so you can setup your first bid. Allow to dry overnight and remove the clay from the fiberglass. Sand as desired and attach to the elevator. Presto, a custom airfoil. You're friends will all be jealous (at least the weird ones)

A few minor adjustmenta

With the Lancair there are a "few" hundred minor adjustments. The panel may take the cake, the pudding and the ice cream. By using the full complement of space for the avionics stack, the prescribed location for the avionics shelf is positioned just high enough to get in the way of the avionics panel. Perhaps Lancair didn't actually envision anyone using them together? No problem, a quick maneuver with the jig saw and we're back in business. I had to scoop out and re-pack the cut lines on the pre-preg with flox to add back the strength. I will place one or two strips across the bottom of the stack for support.