Greg Hall's Horizon 1

I started my Horizon 1 about 5 years. I decided to do it as a plans built.
Having no wood  working experience I had to learn from the ground up. Thanks
to fellow EAA members as well as the FISHNET it looks like this project may
eventually fly. The plans are pretty straight forward and the hardest part so far
has been balancing the project with my home life. My wife says I tend to get
monofocused and forget other obligations. ( What is so unusual about that?).
  Out here in Colorado we get some cold winters. I cant really afford to
insulate the garage, so I came up with a poor mans solution. I built a small tent
and put a little heater in it so I could work on the tail sections. The
temperature in the garage was right around 0 and the temperature in the tent stayed
at 65 degrees F. I did get pretty cold from the waist down though.
  I made a friend one day where I work out who worked for many years in
Russia in the aviation industry. I found out that he has a PHD in aeronautical
engineering. When he found out that I was building an airplane he wanted to see
it. He really likes the design but did recommend that diagonals be added in the
floor area. After finding out that a few builders had some strength issues in
the floor I went along and added them. If anybody wants to do the same, I
recommend leaving the aft diagonal out. It interferes with the installation of the
cable pulleys.
   As you can see, I am fast approaching the 90 percent done and 90 percent
to go place in the project. I will keep you posted as to my progress.

Greg Hall  (Email: gregnickyo@aol.com)
Horizon 1 Builder

Laird,
  I would like to add one more thing to my note if I could.

I have a good friend of mine named Henk who likes to come over and help in
the building when he can. I really value his contribution to the project. It is
always a good thing to have an extra set of eyes looking things over and maybe
a different point of view for problem solving (not to mention the great
company).