Today was the first day my father was able to come out and help get us closer to having a flying plane! It isn’t the
Rudder: Last bit of prep
Rudder: More deburring, a little counter-sinking, and a little slip up
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,
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
WHITE HORSES… (sung to the tune by the Rolling Stones)
AND WHIIIIIIIIIITE HORSES COULDN’T DRAG ME AWAY-EEEEE!!! …..from the airplane….oh wait… Now that this song is stuck in my head….and maybe yours too. So Hi.
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