Starting on the Horizontal Stabilizer March 7, 2012March 7, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build I still have to wait another 24 hours for the pro-seal to finish curing on the rudder before I can continue with that, so I Read more
Horizontal Stabilizer spar construction March 10, 2012March 11, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build With the rudder done and out of the way, I got back to work on the horizontal stab. While the rudder was curing, I got Read more
HS Spar Riveting March 11, 2012March 12, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build I had planned to spend a lot of time in the garage working on the plane this weekend, but the world had a different plan. Read more
It’s getting bigger! March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Daylight Savings Time, working over the weekend, a long day of work, and a lack of sleep are catching up with me. I wanted nothing Read more
500 silver clecos isn’t enough!!! March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Tonight was a fun night as we got to see a lot of visible progress in a pretty short amount of time. It was the Read more
Lots of little holes March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Not much to explain about tonight. Colleen drilled a lot of little holes. I followed behind her marking them done and moving clecos. We got Read more
And more drilling! March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build I had the day off from work, so my plan was to get a lot of work accomplished on the horizontal stabilizer. I started the Read more
Rib deburring March 19, 2012March 19, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build I had some time to sit down and actually get a little bit of work done on the plane tonight. Specifically deburring all the holes Read more
Final HS Skin Prep part 1 March 20, 2012March 21, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Just a little more work done tonight. I did all the hole deburring on one of the HS skins, scuffed it up (in prep for Read more
HS Skin Prep Part 2 and some ribs too March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Colleen is out of town on business for the next few days, so I had to enlist Sawyer’s help on the -10. Unfortunately, he doesn’t Read more
HS parts ready for primer March 22, 2012March 22, 2012 Ed 4 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Got a lot done in the airplane factory tonight! First, I finished scuffing up the remaining ribs. My hands always end up looking I’m turning Read more
HS parts primed and ready for rivets March 23, 2012December 10, 2013 Ed 2 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build I was able to test out a new sprayer I bought for priming tonight… while priming. It’s a “Critter” and it works on the same Read more
Starting to rivet up the horizontal stabilizer March 24, 2012March 24, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Lot of running around today, but I was able to get a few hours in and begin the riveting on the HS. You begin by Read more
HS Riveting part 2 March 25, 2012March 25, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build All week long, I keep thinking that I’m going to get a bunch of time that I can dedicate to the plane, and it keeps Read more
….and some more rivets… March 27, 2012March 27, 2012 Ed 5 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build You guessed it. I did some more riveting tonight. Two hours worth. I’ve been using my left hand to hold the bucking bar, but I Read more