Colleen was nice enough to come out to the airplane factory and help me do some deburring tonight. Just like all the other parts before,
Rudder: More deburring, a little counter-sinking, and a little slip up
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New pneunatic cleco gun: I like it!
I work on computers all day, and have been for years. I’m 32, and I’m already having some problems with my wrists. After using cleco
Rudder Construction – cont.
After the initial prep of most of the rudder parts yesterday, today was the initial assembly. This involved building the stiffiners, working the rudder horn,
Beginning Rudder Construction
Since I can’t proceed with the VS final assemble until I the primer arrives, I put the VS parts away and began on the rudder.
Primers decisions and building a spray booth
No actual work was completed on the airplane all weekend, but I got a lot of things done that needed doing! Having finished everything I
VS Deburring, dimpling, and counter-sinking… OH MY!
This afternoon was spent doing to final prep work to the VS components before priming and assembly. A whole lotta holes needed to be deburred
Vertical Stab Skin
Tonight we Colleen got her first taste of deburring holes, and the DRDT-2 got it’s first shot at dimpling real airplane parts. Both did a
Vertical Stabilizer Prep
This is the step where you start seeing recognizable airplane parts. Tonight I put together the vertical stabilizer for final drilling. Started off deburring and
First build day!
As of 7:45PM on Feb 21, 2012, I can be considered an RV-10 builder… not just an empennage kit owner! With an RV kit, you
Sorting itsy bitsy parts
After staying up late sorting sheet metal, tonight we dug into sorting lots of small parts… like rivets and bolts. Colleen helped inventory, Sawyer