Bushcat Build Log

  • Hydraulic brake system installation

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 07/09/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy & Thomas Hardy
    Category: Controls
    Section: 56
    Hours: 1.5 hrs
    Task: Tom helped me to finish hooking up the brake lines in preparation to install the floor boards.We had trouble  putting the clear protection tube over the brake lines due to friction between the nylon …  More...

  • Hydraulic brake system installation

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 06/09/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy
    Category: Controls
    Section: 56
    Hours: 1.5 hrs
    Task: Ed helped me to install the brake lines.A couple of the brass olives were very difficult to thread onto the nylon brake lines.I have ordered some extra brass olives.

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  • Choke cable splitter installation

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 06/09/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy
    Category: Controls
    Section: 49
    Hours: 1 hr
    Task: Ed helped me to install the choke assembly.We had to remove the endcaps of the cables to get the cables through the grommets in the firewall.

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  • Top and centre cabin struts

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 06/09/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy
    Category: Fuselage
    Section: 51
    Hours: 1 hr
    Task: Ed Castro helped me to install these struts.The top bolt holes in the struts did not line up with the top bracket holes.We tried lifting the tail, Ed sitting in the cockpit. Neither of these …  More...