SkyRaider project on deck

[Gunderson 32]

I live under Class B airspace so haven't flown my SkyRaider II since the 2020 ADSB mandate, shifting all of my flying to my Cozy, which has an ADSB transponder.

I've set aside my SkyRaider as a retirement project, and I'm now retired.  First item on my retirement project list was to turn my hangar into a year round work space, which I've completed in the last year, insulating and finishing the interior of my hangar and adding a heater.  I'm now starting to give some attention to the SkyRaider. The squawk list includes:

• Add ADSB.  I'm leaning toward replacing my King KT76A mode C transponder with a Trig TT31 Mode S slide in replacement and adding a Trig TT72 WAAS GPS position source.
• Minor OH on the Rotax 503.  Less than 150 hrs on the engine, but 20 years and now idle for 5 years. Many OH shops no longer do 503s.
• Build float fittings for the PuddleJumpers I bought years ago.
• Move the battery from just behind the firewall to behind the rear seat so I can remove ballast that I had to add to the tailwheel to achieve W&B.

I'm pacing myself, so I'll post updates occasionally.

 

[Gunderson 32]

Finished right side fittings.

[ChrisBolkan 152]

Nice build!