Author: Ed

Between Memorial Day out of town with Colleen’s family and chores around the house that didn’t get done last weekend, tonight was the first night

….well the tail cone at least! She is officially the first person to sit in this RV10. More on that later. I started by back

Yup. This is my 6th riveting session on the tail cone, and I think I only have another day or two to finish up. Tonight

Tonight (and for about 15 minutes yesterday), I enlisted the help of my favorite riveting assistant, the lovely Colleen. Together we were able to get

I was able to finish up most of the riveting of the lower tail cone today. I finished riveting the left side stiffeners and then

Got a little more done. I was able to get the left side skin stiffeners all riveted. The back riveting method is working pretty well.

I was able to get a few more hours invested into the plane. Most of that time was actually taken up clecoing the tail cone

Tonight, I was able to get the bulkheads and some other misc parts riveted together. Tomorrow will begin the true assembly.  

I was able to get the skins and bulkheads degreased and primed today. The next work session will be riveting!