Bellanca Cruisair Restoration: Chapter 5

The work continues with our Bellanca Cruisair Restoration. This post-war vintage aircraft keeps on me as we get closer to piecing it together. Most of our time lately has been spent fabricating the controls, after replacing some hardware, and fabric stitching. Fabricating an airplane is becoming a lost art so it's been awesome to learn from Brian and a very handy Poly-Fiber book. This craft must be passed along and kept alive. I haven't been able to film anything of Brian covering a control with fabric yet, but I am going to do my best to capture that soon. After the fabric is applied to the controls, some tape is placed where the stitches will be made to help reinforce the areas where rib lacing will be applied. After measuring the stitch length, based on a diagram, stitching can begin. Rib stitching is one of the more enjoyable parts of this project so far, in my opinion, because it doesn't involve any chemicals and offers a flow state at times. Among covering controls and getting them ready to be painted, we have acquired some great new parts for the instrument panel, new windows, an auxiliary tank, packings for the gear, and a missing piece for the cowling. Brian also had to do some pretty intense work to get the landing gear ready for re-assembly. Thanks for watching! It sure is fun sharing this project with you. Let me know if you have any questions.

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