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
Category: Empennage
Vertical Stab and Rudder Priming!
Today was the first primer day. First, Colleen helped me scuff everything up with Scotchbrite pads. After that everything got a good wipe down with
VERTICAL STAB COMPLETE!!!
Baby got back (riveting)
Got a lot done in a fairly short amount of time tonight. I got all the rudder stiffeners back riveted in. They are shot in
Short but sticky: It’s rudder Pro-Seal time!
Tonight was a quick one at only one hour, but that was because we were time limited with one of the materials we were working
Starting on the Horizontal Stabilizer
I still have to wait another 24 hours for the pro-seal to finish curing on the rudder before I can continue with that, so I
The rudder is done!
I almost didn’t go out to work on the plane tonight because I was pretty nervous about messing up the rudder trailing edge. If it’s
Horizontal Stabilizer spar construction
With the rudder done and out of the way, I got back to work on the horizontal stab. While the rudder was curing, I got
HS Spar Riveting
I had planned to spend a lot of time in the garage working on the plane this weekend, but the world had a different plan.
It’s getting bigger!
Daylight Savings Time, working over the weekend, a long day of work, and a lack of sleep are catching up with me. I wanted nothing