Thanks as always to everyone for some nice comments! Sorry to not update more but I do put a new pic on the Yahoo group page almost daily. It's linked below here. All of the aft tail parts are bonded together now. Have been working on heat shielding. The airframe ECU is complete and it's firmware is almost ready to test when I get the thing wired finally. It controls the prop pitch, landing gear sequence, boost, cockpit pressure, trims and autopilot interface, and flap control. There is a small LCD display that shows active info on all that. Got the first fuel cells done, these are made of cured Nitrile rubber rather than the typical kit aircraft wet wing, mainly for crash fire safety and also serviceability reasons. The fuel cells mount the pumps in the inner wall for a type of semi submersible idea, cools the pump and its rubber mounted too. All of the landing gear plumbing is complete. Have all of the cockpit instruments installed. All of the parts are now glued together, ailerons, flaps, rudder, trim tabs, except for the four wing parts. Have two battery boxes done, also the wing tip light mount moulds. All the aileron hinges are done. The rudder was the first moveable surface to work from the cockpit. All the elevator linkages are done. Tested the flap operating mechanism, there is a video of that on the Yahoo group. I got the door opening mechanism and latches designed and working, added a pic of that. Built a set of work stands to test the gear etc with. Got the engine wire harness finally with ECU, and ECU installed under the dash along with its fuse box. The throttle lever is done and mounted in the console, along with a decent friction adjuster wheel, pic of that. Have some of the plumbing done for the cabin heater, also the firewall pass though. All of the trim tab servo mountings and drives are done. The windows are ready to be fitted. I did a final assemble of the landing gear and flipped the cockpit back over onto it's gear. Photos of this don't seem to do it justice, maybe it's scale or something. Sits quite high, as you might expect, with a big engine and the prop needed for that. I guess looking at the cockpit sitting at the height it was at for years, this is hard for me to take in, but it is impressive like this, and not a lot impresses me that much I guess. I got the cooling plumbing done, made sure that there are air bleeds in all places that will collect air and ran these to the highest point, the header tank. Got the air conditioner/ heater unit mounted in it's place behind the dash. The rudder pedals are finished, also the rudder pedal linkages. A unique system in that it operates a single push/ pull tube from both pedals, and the pedal actions are linked by a bell crank behind the aft spar plate. Pedals themselves are carbon and are hinged at the heel. The retract system is pneumatically operated and does not use a tank, so no stored system pressure to leak out. Uses digital logic to sequence the up and down locks and open the doors. The flaps are done. The ailerons are done. Have also got the dry sump oil pan scavenge log completed. The air conditioning compressor is mounted. The turbo and wastegate tailpipes are completed. The upper dash, lower dash with panel, and console parts are completed, there are pics here of them assembled in the cockpit. The instrument panel is a modular system like much of this design, in that the actual panel continues down into a lower leg cover, no possible exposed wiring, then returns back up with a vertical wall to mount all the assorted driver boxes that are needed for the displays etc. You slide this out from under the upper glare shield and it minimizes the need to go under the dash for maintenance. The console mounts the Vertical Power VP200 display in it, which freed up room on the dash for the larger displays currently in use. Console also mounts the throttle control and the third rear AC outlet, it also is the rear AC duct with a hose attaching to it's front panel. Be sure to see all of the pages at this site and I will answer all inquiries received.

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We are currently working on the LP-1 project. You will find links to the left that will lead you to more information on the project NOTE: The discussion/ support group on Yahoo is now viewable for anyone, you can read some interesting topics as well as see more pics there. The link is:

ACA LP1 Yahoo Discussion/ Support Group

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