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Category: Tail Cone

On to the tail cone…

April 30, 2012April 30, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

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

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More tail cone bulkheads

May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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More work much like last night. I built four more of the tail cone bulkheads.   After getting the bulkhead parts deburred, match drilled, and

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Stiffeners and Longerons

May 2, 2012May 2, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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Tonight started out with some exciting (not really) deburring of the tail cone j-channel stiffeners. They are long and awkward, but I was able to

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Tail cone taking shape

May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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I started the night with a bunch of flat parts, and now, there is a pretty big aluminum box on my work bench!   The

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Tail cone assembly continued

May 4, 2012May 5, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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We had a lot of other stuff going on today, but I was able to squeeze in an hour and a half on the -10

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More tail cone assembly

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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The biggest accomplishment for tonight was getting the longerons in place and match drilled.       After getting the longerons lined up and drilled, the rest

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A big aluminum tube

May 6, 2012May 7, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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That’s what I had on my work bench.   I say “had” because the last thing I did tonight was completely disassemble everything in preparation for deburring

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Tail cone deburring begins

May 7, 2012May 7, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

Colleen and I started deburring the holes of the tail cone parts. Shortest post EVER.  

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More duburring

May 8, 2012May 8, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

Same as last night. Might be able to finish up in one or two more nights.

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Finished deburring the tail cone

May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

It’s done. On to slightly better things, like scuffing and dimpling.

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Tail cone parts scuffed

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

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

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The Super -10 Saturday

May 12, 2012May 14, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone
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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,

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Tail cone half primed

May 13, 2012May 17, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

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

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Ready for rivets!

May 14, 2012May 14, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

I was able to get the skins and bulkheads degreased and primed today. The next work session will be riveting!

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Tail cone riveting begins

May 15, 2012May 17, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, RV10 Build, Tail Cone

Tonight, I was able to get the bulkheads and some other misc parts riveted together. Tomorrow will begin the true assembly.  

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