Tonight, I finished final drilling the elevator skins. Nothing new here, just the same as the other 3 skins. After that, I measured out and
Back down to a big pile of parts
Author: Ed
Elevator skins, day 2
Just a quick post for a quick nights work. Only an hour tonight, but I got half of the second elevator final drilled. Should be
100 Hours!
After posting tonight’s post, I realized I just hit 100 hours! Nice! Only ~2400 hours to go!
Final drilling elevator skins, part 1
Tonight started out with cutting down to size the extruded aluminum wedge that gives the trailing edge strength. Then I drilled the holes in the
Elevators taking shape
I started off the day fixing a mistake I made yesterday. Luckily, it was a very small mistake that was very easy to fix with very
Putting elevator parts together
Today is one of those days I really enjoy. A day when you start with just a pile of parts, and quickly they come together
Beginning the Elevator
The elevator. The thing that moves when you pull the stick back. It’s what makes the plane go up and down. And I am now
The Horizontal Stabilizer is DONE!
With help from my lovely assistant Colleen, the horizontal stabilizer is complete! Just under 50 hours total construction time for this part. It was a
….and some more rivets…
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
HS Riveting part 2
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