Tonight marks the first night of construction on the tail cone. As this is the last section of the empenage kit for the RV-10, today
On to the tail cone…
The elevators are DONE!
Mark another one off the list. The elevators are done (for the most part.) There was a lot going on today, but between the family
Close to finishing up the elevators
Got a lot done today. The ProSeal had cured for the trailing edges, so I peeled the elevators off of the angle iron and got
No building, but…
I didn’t get any work done on the plane tonight, but I did get to do some flying, so I’ll count tonight as productive! I’ve
Short and sticky, again!
Tonight was another pro seal night. This is the stuff that I used when building the rudder. Well it’s used to hold everything together in
Elevator riveting, continued
The elevators didn’t seem that complicated when I began, but they are really taking a good bit of time! Tonight was spent finishing up the
Back at it…
After my little health issue, I was able to put some more time into riveting the elevator. The task was to rivet the elevator skins
A different kind of night
I decided to try something new tonight. I had a Google “Hang Out” going while I was working on the elevators. Google Hangout is basically
Elevator riveting, day 2
More riveting on the elevators tonight. Going into this project, I always thought about how much time all this riveting was going to take… but
Final elevator assembly begins (and another OOPS)
Tonight, I was able to begin riveting the piles of elevator parts together! I began by assembling the tip ribs and their skins. This was