Small steps

That’s what you have to do before you can take the great leaps forward. After Saturday’s flying I was looking forward to getting some more done on MYRO’s new pod on Sunday. I’d hoped to get to the point where the inside was primed at least, if not sprayed with finishing coat, but that wasn’t possible. The reason was that it’s getting increasingly more difficult to get hold of a normal grey spray paint in a can that isn’t metallic! Having to tour round trying to find some, without success, slowed me down and I ended up just getting the pod rubbed down, ready for painting but didn’t have the time to get any fresh painting done at all, not even priming. Here’s how it looked when I was done.

I have high hopes that the pod will end up looking pretty smart with a fresh new coat of shiny red paint, but we will see. I found a shop locally today that had one can (yep, just the one!) of the grey I need for the inside, which is the paint I used to spray the generator, so I snapped it up. I didn’t have time to do any more on the pod, though and it’s too late and too cool now anyway.

What I do know is that I’ve now got to start pressing on a bit quicker. It’s all very well being able to fly someone else’s aircraft, but it’s not the same as having your own and being able to fly whenever you want and that’s what I’m now really missing. We keep getting some lovely flying days between the periods of poor weather and I’m stuck on the ground and not able to fly because of this situation. Anyway, all things must end, as they say, and this will too. But I’ve got a bit to do before it does, unfortunately 😕