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Tail cone half primed

May 13, 2012May 17, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

Seeing as it was Mother’s Day, and I wanted to spend some time with my Mother, I only got in a few hours on the

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The Super -10 Saturday

May 12, 2012May 14, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

It was all RV10 all day! The day started off with breakfast… in Superior Wisconsin… via Gary Specketer’s BEAUTIFUL RV10! Gary is my EAA Tech Counselor,

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Tail cone parts scuffed

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

All the tail cone parts have been scuffed in preparation for priming. I’ve changed to doing all the scuffing before the dimpling, as the dimples

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Finished deburring the tail cone

May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

It’s done. On to slightly better things, like scuffing and dimpling.

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More duburring

May 8, 2012May 8, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

Same as last night. Might be able to finish up in one or two more nights.

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Tail cone deburring begins

May 7, 2012May 7, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

Colleen and I started deburring the holes of the tail cone parts. Shortest post EVER.  

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A big aluminum tube

May 6, 2012May 7, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

That’s what I had on my work bench.   I say “had” because the last thing I did tonight was completely disassemble everything in preparation for deburring

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More tail cone assembly

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

The biggest accomplishment for tonight was getting the longerons in place and match drilled.  

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Cleaveland Lightweight Airhose Kit Review

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 Ed RV10 Build

I’ve been using a pair of light weight airhoses from Cleaveland Tool for a while now, and I figured I’d let everyone know how they

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Tail cone assembly continued

May 4, 2012May 5, 2012 Ed Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

We had a lot of other stuff going on today, but I was able to squeeze in an hour and a half on the -10

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