Intong6

After all the posts you have done on this site, and all the advice you have been given, and the fact you live in another country as far as I can surmise I would do the following:

Contact Brian from Brain Stevens what you would like to have, what your budget is, what your end game aircraft is and go from there.

If you pay for quality service then you are a money ahead. Any company who is willing to post great quality information on this site as he has is a place I would do business with any day.

MW

ington6 wrote:Such an informative post. Good work! After all this, if you had to do it again if it were your own plane would you go Flint or Monarch?

Thanks for keeping us

Monarch... I’m not a fan of having fuel (weight) so far out on the wing tip...

Brian


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185Midwest wrote:Intong6

After all the posts you have done on this site, and all the advice you have been given, and the fact you live in another country as far as I can surmise I would do the following:

Contact Brian from Brain Stevens what you would like to have, what your budget is, what your end game aircraft is and go from there.

If you pay for quality service then you are a money ahead. Any company who is willing to post great quality information on this site as he has is a place I would do business with any day.

MW

Some very kind words sir.. Thank you very much..

Brian


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Work on the 58 is progressing... The right wing fuel tanks are almost finished... All that is needed is to install the fuel level sender and the filler cap... Just waiting for a viton seal for the sender...



Right wing end rib marked for cutting...



Probably had the auxiliary tank in and out a dozen times...



Modified the main tank drain area...



Final fitting of the main tank...



The stringers going over the top of the auxiliary tank on the right side are closer to the tank than I like so I decided to glue on some baffle seal material to protect it from the screws...



As for the painting... the tail surfaces are white...



And the fuselage is ready for etch and alodine..

Brian


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About time for a quick update...

Fuselage is now White...





And the wings are ready for etch and alodine..



Everything else is painted and in storage ready for final assembly....

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Update time... got the wings back on today...



Right wing on...



Getting the left wing ready... the use of a sheet rock jack is invaluable for doing Cessna wings... makes life way more easier..



And the left wing in place....

The guys will be laying out the stripes next...

Brian


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Smart using that jack. Looking good.

About time for an update..

The guys have been steadily getting this old bird back together… All control surfaces have been re installed and rigged.. A couple cables were replaced due to wear when doing that job… A bunch of electrical wires were redone or removed due to age and old avionics not being there anymore… Masking of the stripes started on Monday… Should have paint squirt by next week…



Rick starting the tape work.. He uses the shadow cast by an old Piper rib to get the ark he wanted on the front..



Laying out more details…



Some paper applied…



A different angle to show what’s happening..

Will be checking in later in the week..

Brian


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Thanks for the update Brian, looking forward to more.

Kurt

Couple more pics to finish out the week…





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Owner texted me pictures from earlier today…





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Man Brian. She is looking goood! Someone is bound to be excited.

8 Months to the day… rolled the 182 in the sunshine..



Brian

Very Nice .

Oh wow! Very nice!

Kurt

Very nice work!

Weight and balance day was Wednesday... Official empty weight 1824



List of modifications...

Sportsman STOL
Wing X extensions with LED tips
Monarch main and auxiliary plastic/fiberglass fuel tanks
New paint
Selkirk carbon fiber cowling
Selkirk fiberglass interior panels
Selkirk extended baggage
New interior fabric on seats
Dual G5
one com and adsb transponder
panel is pretty basic and simple
McFarlane extruded flap trailing edge stiffener
Was able to get field approval to add the flap stiffener on the ailerons with added balance weight.

First flight will be today (8/6/2021) to check rigging..

Saw this aircraft in person last month when I was on the field, didn't realize it was the same one from this thread. It looked great!

This is basically the end of a 9 month long project... First flight...



Said it was a little heavy with all 96 gallons of fuel on board...

Brian

Very Nice!