STEP 1: CLECO IT ALL TOGETHER I have been waiting for this day for a long time. It is really quite exciting to see the whole length of the airplane (ok – minus the cowling but you get the idea) all stitched together. The tailcone attach process itself was not… Read More »Tailcone Attach Part I
SO IT’S BEEN A WHILE HASN’T IT? The entire purpose of this website is to serve as a build log for my RV-10 project. I have gone to great lengths to keep it focused on just that – the airplane. But as I sit down to write this update, I… Read More »Status Update
DRILLING RIVETS AND BENDING BRAKE LINES Today was a lot of fun. I came to the point in the instructions where you are offered the chance to jump ahead a few chapters and begin laying out the aircraft braking system. Obviously this is too exciting to pass up. I have… Read More »Bending Brake Lines
STAINLESS STEEL HEATER BYPASS BOXES As many builders do, I have read many other build logs and spoken personally with countless more. One of the changes I knew that I would immediately make on my fuselage was on the heater bypass boxes. These two valves sit against the firewall on… Read More »Fuselage modification day
BUT FIRST, TO GET THE SHOP READY In order to move on to the fuselage, I had to move some items around in my hangar first. It was not a big deal at all. In fact, I kind of rather enjoyed getting a new look and feel after spending so… Read More »On to the fuselage!
A NEW HEATING SOLUTION I am getting ready to match drill and set all of the wingtip attachment nutplates, but there is one item of business that must come first. Heat. My hangar is not insulated, or at least any more than corrugated steel barns naturally are. Therefore, my tiny… Read More »Wingtip attachment nutplates
MEASURING AND DRILLING THE ACCESS PANELS The access panels for the light harness came from the manufacturer simply taped shut. In order to make this a more permanent attachment, I chose to add nutplates and #6 screws around the perimeter of the wingtip access panels. I measured out the perimeter… Read More »Wingtip Access Panels
AVEO ZIPTIP MOUNTING BRACKETS I made the decision to use the Aveo Engineering ZipTips product for my fiberglass wingtips. I really enjoy the nice finished look and really enjoy the lighting package on them. While I’m sure I could go on about the product itself, and likely will, this post… Read More »Prepping my ZipTips
NEEDED TO DO A LITTLE PLANNING This work session started many, many days ago. When I first set out to generically pull some wires for my ZipTips and autopilot servo, I naively thought I could “just pull some wires.” It took less than a minute of reading to learn more… Read More »Throwing myself under the CAN BUS
MOUNTING THE GSA 28 I really enjoyed sealing up the left wing. It has a finished look to it that I really enjoy. Now it is time to move on to wiring the right wing, adding the autopilot roll servo, and getting it ready to rivet. In the same fashion… Read More »Right wing prep and wiring