The longeron twist! April 14, 2013April 14, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build More like the bend, unbend, rebend, bend some more, then twist. Today marked the beginning of section 29 of the plans: Fuselage Side Skins. The Read more
Bending skin April 15, 2013April 15, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build The fuselage of the RV10 is basically an aluminum box. The bottom of the box is a square in the middle where the wings attach, Read more
Mid cabin deck plates April 16, 2013April 17, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build Tonight, I started by doing some countersinking on the mid-cabin deck plates. These make up the structure of the bottom of the door. They were Read more
Lots of drilling, with a twist at the end April 17, 2013April 17, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build Drilling: I got all the side skins match drilled with the underlying structure. I also match drilled the upper longerons to the rear spar assemblies, Read more
Quick night April 18, 2013April 18, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build Just a little time to work on the plane tonight. I did manage to get the front fuse side skins bent. It was the same Read more
Left front skins drilled April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build I got the left front side skins clecoed in place, along with all the supporting structure that goes behind it. Once the skins were secured, Read more
Right front skins drilled April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 Ed 1 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build Same as yesterday, with one exception. There are welded steel brackets that are riveted to the four corners of the firewall. These join the structure Read more
Firewall bracket drilling April 26, 2013April 29, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build After all the fussing and bending over how the firewall brackets would fit, it was time to actually drill them. Luckily, everything worked perfectly! I Read more
Deburring April 27, 2013April 29, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build Long day, short post. Today was spent disassembling, deburring, and scuffing. Read more
Deburring and countersinking April 28, 2013April 29, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build I started the day by finishing deburring the skins that I didn’t get to yesterday. Then I spent the rest of the day countersinking the Read more
Dimples April 29, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build All the skins and underlying structures that needed dimpling were dimpled. I also cut out the opening in the left skin for the baggage door Read more
Priming April 30, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build I got all the skins and other misc parts primed today. This was a pretty big batch! Read more
Riveting again! May 1, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build All the parts started to get permanently attached tonight. First came the cross brace that supports the tops of the rear seats, and then came Read more
Side Skin Riveting #2 May 3, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build Continuing on where I left off last night, I placed the forward longerons and got them riveted to the appropriate brackets on the firewall. Fir Read more
Side Skin Riveting #3 May 4, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build This time, I’m actually riveting side skins! I got a good start on getting the right side skins riveted in place today. Some of the Read more