Post 6: The Rebrand: Meet the CANYON LIGHTNING™ ⚡

April 19, 2026: Evening

I've decided to drop the "Afforda" name entirely. I don't want this new-age, high-performance design to be associated with the heavy, rickety engineering of the 1990s. The Canyon Lightning™ is in a class of its own:

✅Stiffer: Carbon-wrapped wood truss vs. floppy aluminum tubes

✅Lighter: I'm hitting Part 103 weight limits with room to spare for big tires and extra fuel.

✅Better: 1:1 full-size templates and modern CAD precision

Progress update:

Today I joined the front safety cage to the rear fuselage and started building the tail section, which will be integrated and unitized into the fuselage. No brackets, no heavy bolts, just a seamless, structural bond.

To those of you who are here for the evolution: thank you for the support! To the "experts" who say it can't be done: watch me. 🛠💪

Be sure to follow me so you can watch this plane come together and come with me on the test flight in a month or two!

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