HS Spar Riveting March 11, 2012March 12, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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. Read more
It’s getting bigger! March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
500 silver clecos isn’t enough!!! March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build Tonight was a fun night as we got to see a lot of visible progress in a pretty short amount of time. It was the Read more
Lots of little holes March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
And more drilling! March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Rib deburring March 19, 2012March 19, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Final HS Skin Prep part 1 March 20, 2012March 21, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
HS Skin Prep Part 2 and some ribs too March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
HS parts ready for primer March 22, 2012March 22, 2012 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more
HS parts primed and ready for rivets March 23, 2012December 10, 2013 Ed Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build 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 Read more