Welcome to the blog. We are using this site to chronicle the resources, build, testing, and eventual flight of our low-wing ultralight, registered as E011TL with the EAA.
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The chronicle of our ultralight – built to flight

The chronicle of our ultralight – built to flight
Welcome to the blog. We are using this site to chronicle the resources, build, testing, and eventual flight of our low-wing ultralight, registered as E011TL with the EAA.
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The ultralight has been improving quickly, mostly due to changes made after finding room for improvement during the test program. The last attempt at low and high speed taxi tests provided us with a few more weak areas that need
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Here are the pictures of the current state of E011TL. We are currently proceeding with the test plan to get this bird in the air! Check back for updates.
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As we have continued the testing and verification steps prior to flight, we have found a number of small adjustments that needed to be made. Primarily the responsiveness and ease of movement in the control surfaces has been greatly improved.
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We are still looking for a suitable location to continue testing and initial flights of my EAA registered part-103 ultralight aircraft: a grass airstrip, a flat grass field row, a flat grass pasture area, or a private owned hard surface
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We have hit a major roadblock in the forward momentum with E011TL Ultralight. We were informed that the grass airstrip at the old private airport we used last year is no longer available as it has been converted to a
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We have started applying the decals to the ultralight E011TL. This is just a preview for your enjoyment. Over the next few weeks we will complete the decal application, paint, and minor mechanical adjustments leading up to restarting the taxi
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We have resumed work on the ultralight now that the weather allows us to do so. Unfortunately, we have no indoor location on site to work on E011TL so we had to wait weather that allowed for us to work
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With Spring and Summer weather around the corner work will resume on E011TL in the near future. The overall to-do list is very short for test-flights once the grass airstrip dries and weather conditions cooperate. We mainly need to complete
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We have received the official registration information for the ultralight. Tango-Lima-Seven-Eight is now officially E011TL, or One-One-Tango-Lima for short. The information on this site will be updated to reflect the change. We will be moving the site to the new
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We were able to do some low-speed taxi testing yesterday, but identified some minor issues and adjustments to be made before being comfortable with high speed taxi, crow-hops, or test flights. Check out the nearly completed ultralight in the photos
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