Hey Guys,
I know it is just a One Wing Pacer but I enjoy working and building all types of tube and fabric planes.
A little history of the Mighty Pacer. It is a 1952 that Son bought while he was stationed in Bremerton WA.
At the time he was the Air Boss of the USS Nimitz and his two partners were F-18 Hornet Guys that wanted to get into GA. One had some Citabria time and the other had no tail wheel time. Son Trey is a CFII so he checked them out and they all enjoyed the Mighty Pacer. Now as you military guys know you have to move and stuff sold. Trey was being transferred to Corpus Christi/Kingsville NAS so I became his new Partner.
Grandson Chad and a Naval Aviator friend of ours flew the Pacer back from WA. to my place in Richmond TX.
It was a nice Pacer with a low time O-320 150HP and good fabric but I wanted to make it nicer with a few more STCs The STCs are Stewart wing tips which REALLY improve performance, a sky light which improves head clearance, a Sea Plane Door on the left side. makes it easier to get in, replaced old style wiring and starting with Lt. Wt. starter and eliminated hole in new nose bowl. Did quite a few other things to it along the way. Some of those include all new alum. parts cowling, door skin and such, new wiring, new firewall, new panel with some new instruments, all new windows and windshield, 850x6 tires, and made new Eng. baffling.
Yea I heard this quite a bit from Trey Dad WHY DO YOU want to take apart a perfectly good flying airplane???
Son that is just the way it is with airplanes.
The Mighty Pacer on the way to Tex. A night at the HOT Motel with firm beds.
They have arrived
Now it begins.
Stewart wing tips
New Baffles
New Firewall and cleaned up Eng. Mount
Painter in training
New Poly Tone and leading edge and better access panels
The fuselage had good fabric with Butyrate on it so just had to do a little work before recoat.
The Sky Light
New cowling and door panels.
Better access to the rear of the belly
Sea Plane door frame
Old Panel
New Panel
Had to call in the family to put it back together.
Just a Pacer
I know it is just a One Wing Pacer but I enjoy working and building all types of tube and fabric planes.
A little history of the Mighty Pacer. It is a 1952 that Son bought while he was stationed in Bremerton WA.
At the time he was the Air Boss of the USS Nimitz and his two partners were F-18 Hornet Guys that wanted to get into GA. One had some Citabria time and the other had no tail wheel time. Son Trey is a CFII so he checked them out and they all enjoyed the Mighty Pacer. Now as you military guys know you have to move and stuff sold. Trey was being transferred to Corpus Christi/Kingsville NAS so I became his new Partner.
Grandson Chad and a Naval Aviator friend of ours flew the Pacer back from WA. to my place in Richmond TX.
It was a nice Pacer with a low time O-320 150HP and good fabric but I wanted to make it nicer with a few more STCs The STCs are Stewart wing tips which REALLY improve performance, a sky light which improves head clearance, a Sea Plane Door on the left side. makes it easier to get in, replaced old style wiring and starting with Lt. Wt. starter and eliminated hole in new nose bowl. Did quite a few other things to it along the way. Some of those include all new alum. parts cowling, door skin and such, new wiring, new firewall, new panel with some new instruments, all new windows and windshield, 850x6 tires, and made new Eng. baffling.
Yea I heard this quite a bit from Trey Dad WHY DO YOU want to take apart a perfectly good flying airplane???
Son that is just the way it is with airplanes.The Mighty Pacer on the way to Tex. A night at the HOT Motel with firm beds.
They have arrived
Now it begins.
Stewart wing tips
New Baffles
New Firewall and cleaned up Eng. Mount
Painter in training
New Poly Tone and leading edge and better access panels
The fuselage had good fabric with Butyrate on it so just had to do a little work before recoat.
The Sky Light
New cowling and door panels.
Better access to the rear of the belly
Sea Plane door frame
Old Panel
New Panel
Had to call in the family to put it back together.
Just a Pacer
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