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
HS Riveting part 2
Starting to rivet up the horizontal stabilizer
Lot of running around today, but I was able to get a few hours in and begin the riveting on the HS. You begin by
HS parts primed and ready for rivets
I was able to test out a new sprayer I bought for priming tonight… while priming. It’s a “Critter” and it works on the same
HS parts ready for primer
Got a lot done in the airplane factory tonight! First, I finished scuffing up the remaining ribs. My hands always end up looking I’m turning
HS Skin Prep Part 2 and some ribs too
Colleen is out of town on business for the next few days, so I had to enlist Sawyer’s help on the -10. Unfortunately, he doesn’t
Final HS Skin Prep part 1
Just a little more work done tonight. I did all the hole deburring on one of the HS skins, scuffed it up (in prep for
Rib deburring
I had some time to sit down and actually get a little bit of work done on the plane tonight. Specifically deburring all the holes
Another beautiful day to work on the plane!
Too bad I didn’t. Instead, I did the responsible thing and did some maintenance that needed to be done on my car.
And more drilling!
I had the day off from work, so my plan was to get a lot of work accomplished on the horizontal stabilizer. I started the
Lots of little holes
Not much to explain about tonight. Colleen drilled a lot of little holes. I followed behind her marking them done and moving clecos. We got