More Hutter Work

Horse collar and wing details

Another night in the shed

The dope has arrived today, so we need to get stuck in. Probably have a go at the empenage in the next few weeks then clean up the wings.

Start on the bottom

Have now turned the fuselage over and continuing to scrape!

Pano shot of H17

A Panorama shot inside the shed. The port wing in the background has also lost some of its fabric. The new colour scheme will be clear fabric and white dope. The clear dope has a delivery time of 4 months ex USA.

Work Continues

Horse collar is in need of work. The windscreen is crazed and will be replaced, the instrument panel will be upgraded. I think I will put skylights in the sides to illuminate the panel more too. Don't know if I will replace the red release knob though (old glue bottle cap). It has a certain charm!

Start Stripping the H17

Getting the Elevator moments.


Now the fabric can start coming off.

Hutter Control Deflections 2

Set up for the elevator (not zeroed).














Elevator datum used.




With any luck we should see this flying by summer in a new paint scheme and a fresh 20 yearly.

Hutter Control Deflections 1

Setting up the angle measurement device on the wing to determine control deflections.











Aileron droop under normal conditions (about 1.5 deg.)

A Bit More Hutter

Found an old T&B that someone had drilled out the mounting holes too big. Will probably put it in the Hutter. I wrote to Winter to see what a new faceplate would cost and they sent me one for free!! "Sehr nett" of Herr Winter.

Now ready to start stripping the poor old thing back.

Hutter - First Good Look 2

More snaps from the first general inspection night. Even more pictures here...

Hutter - First Good Look 1

Start the inspection work associated with the Form 2 and 20 yearly. I still haven't paid for the paperwork, but there's several months of work ahead, so not in a rush too much to pay at this stage.
I've got an inspection plan laid out and will probably put together a covering/paint scheme in the near future. Do the control deflections then onto the major structural inspection to find out what is under the skin...

Hutter Sees the Light

Now with new tyres and freshly registered, we can check the trailer lights and safely tow to the workshop.

The Hutter finally gets out of the hangar and the car is packed with trestles and stands for the work ahead.
The clouds are a bit ominous, so I ask the morning tuggy if he is happy to do the few tows for the afternoon to let me get away before any real rain starts to fall. Which is just as well. An hour or so after I get to the workshop the sky opens up and lets in all down. The poor old girl would have been badly drenched if I had left later. As I leave the workshop, after unloading all the peripheral stuff and checking that everything is secure I took a picture of the standing water. Most there's been since about last November.

Hutter Restoration Project Starts

Poor Hutter. It hadn't seen the light of day for over 4 years. Even the tyres on the trailer were perished. Time to get the trailer ready to take the Hutter where it can be more easily worked on.
First Job - Register the trailer and get new tyres...