{"id":11582,"date":"2017-09-12T12:44:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11582"},"modified":"2017-09-12T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:44:08","slug":"equator-p2-makes-first-taxi-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/equator-p2-makes-first-taxi-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Equator P2 Makes First Taxi Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designing and building your own airplane is a chore most people will never accomplish.\u00a0 It\u2019s harder than it looks.\u00a0 All the people your editor knows who have accomplished this, even \u201cjust\u201d the building part, talk about the 90-percent rule: 90-percent done \u2013 90-percent to go.<\/p>\n

Getting the Nose Gear to Steer<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tomas Brodreskift of Equator Aircraft<\/a> is probably at the 95-percent stage of aircraft completion on his hybrid P2 amphibian, but he and his team still need to drill new holes, make new fittings, laminate some additional pieces and finally get a nose-gear steering system in place.\u00a0 Since his airplane doesn\u2019t have a set of rudder pedals, steering is controlled by pushing on switches on an orange handgrip in the cockpit.<\/p>\n