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
Lower tail cone progress
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
Tail cone riviting, continued…
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.
Chick-antics
So I told my mother-in-law yesterday that I think I’m turning into a Mother-Hen… These are actual things I’ve said in the past few weeks.
Tail cone assembly is in full swing
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
Tail cone riveting begins
Tonight, I was able to get the bulkheads and some other misc parts riveted together. Tomorrow will begin the true assembly.
Ready for rivets!
I was able to get the skins and bulkheads degreased and primed today. The next work session will be riveting!
Tail cone half primed
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
The Super -10 Saturday
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,
Tail cone parts scuffed
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