Earlier I had said I would rivet everything by hand but I quickly realized that would be painful and foolish when there’s an air gun sitting in the bench. So […]
Leading Edge Work (35 mins)
Another miserable day, hot, humid with no wind, I knew it was going to be a short one. Today then was just about getting the rest of the skins clecoed […]
Trailing Edge Work (1hr 15m)
Today’s plan was to have the skins riveted to the spar, almost made it but it took so long to deburr the holes in all of the skin pieces that […]
Rudder Skeleton Riveting (30 mins)
Still very humid, definitely can’t be out in the hangar more than an hour, and I’ll blame the heat on me making my first (known) mistake. I had decided that […]
Rudder Skeleton Assembly (30 mins)
It is currently 90 degrees F (32C) at 7 in the morning and we’re also having quite some humidity so the plan is to do the rudder in very small […]
Day One! Inventory and Priming (30 mins)
So the build started at home with a proper inventory of the parts. I laid out the spar and ribs on the table for a picture because I did the […]