Bushcat Build Log

  • Horizontal Stabiliser Sail Installation

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 09/03/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy
    Category: Empennage
    Section: 82, 84
    Hours: 4 hrs
    Task: Install eye bolt for hinge.Install sail and tension on LH stabiliser.  More...

  • Rudder Sail Installation

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 08/03/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy
    Category: Empennage
    Section: 89.1, 89.2
    Hours: 8 hrs
    Task: Fit rudder sail.

    I had problems with the tensioning of the sail. At the top of the rudder the sail has some small wrinkles.

    Attached the rudder attachment brackets and cable attachment brackets.  More...

  • Vertical Stabiliser

    Aircraft: Bushcat 19-2226
    Task Date: 01/03/2025
    Builder: Malcolm Hardy
    Category: Empennage
    Section: 17
    Hours: 6 hrs
    Task: Attach tension cable and sail to stabiliser.Lace trailing edge and bottom edge of the sail.Tension string along both edges.

    Had to undo the trailing edge lacing to enable the tension cables to be …  More...