RIP MYRO

I had to do some shopping this morning and then we had some light rain in the early afternoon. However, despite the forecast being for rain on and off all day today, it stopped and there was even a bit of broken sunshine, so I was able to get out and do a bit more work towards getting 28AAD back into the air.

There was no time for sentiment. Today was the day for harvesting the parts that I need from what’s left of MYRO with a view, at some time in the future when 28AAD is flying, to breaking down what’s left, disposing of what’s not usable and starting to clear my back garden.

It was soon apparent after uncovering MYRO’s damaged fuselage that there was no chance of it ever flying again in any case. In the few months since I last took the cover off there seems to have been quite a bit of deterioration as a result of corrosion. Unless I’m mistaken and was just looking more closely today, quite a few fastenings (nuts, bolts, washers) are now heavily rusted and would have needed replacing as well as all the other repairs that would have been necessary, so using MYRO for parts was definitely the right decision and it was fortunate that 28AAD came up when it did.

There were quite a few parts and accessories still on MYRO that I needed to take off, including the top of the panel, the doors and screen, the fuel pumps, the wiring loom and the battery holder amongst others.

I haven’t made my mind up yet about MYRO’s electric fuel pump.

I know from my X-Air, 56NE, that it isn’t necessary and that it’s just dead weight once you have started the engine. However, it’s not as heavy as I thought and there is a switch for it on MYRO’s old panel, which I’ll be using for 28AAD, so I’ll think about it while I do other things.

It was a long day and I didn’t get finished and cleared away until gone 8.00pm. By the end of it, there was little left of the old MYRO, so to all intents and purposes, it’s now gone forever. Here are a few final shots.

It’s been too long since the accident to be sentimental and I’m just glad to be moving on at last. Here are a couple of final shots showing what today was all about, namely the fuselage tubes that I need for 28AAD.

There are still a few more items to come, like the seat bases, the throttle lever, things like that, but to all intents and purposes, the back of the job was broken today. So now it’s ‘RIP MYRO’, and ‘Vive 28AAD’!