Category: 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

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,

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

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

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

I was able to get a few more hours invested into the plane. Most of that time was actually taken up clecoing the tail cone

Got a little more done. I was able to get the left side skin stiffeners all riveted. The back riveting method is working pretty well.

I was able to finish up most of the riveting of the lower tail cone today. I finished riveting the left side stiffeners and then

Tonight (and for about 15 minutes yesterday), I enlisted the help of my favorite riveting assistant, the lovely Colleen. Together we were able to get

Yup. This is my 6th riveting session on the tail cone, and I think I only have another day or two to finish up. Tonight