Unfortunately it has been a while since I have made significant progress on the plane, but sometimes life gets in the way I suppose. It has been a busy travel week for work and also a stretch of inhumanely hot and humid weather that made it tough to work out… Read More »Horizontal stabilizer match drilling
Well, it was bound to happen, but here we are. I am re-ordering my first part from Van’s. I get it – everyone does it, but that doesn’t make it any easier. I will admit that it is a real confidence shaker. I find myself going back over other work… Read More »Horizontal stabilizer and a significant whoops
Upon completion of the rudder (what felt like four times after all of the rivet drilling and re-setting of course) it is time to move on to the horizontal stabilizer. The first order of business was to reorganize the shop into a new configuration so that my work tables would… Read More »Horizontal stabilizer start
More match drilling of the skins today. I also just had a strong sense of deja vu here… As if I’ll be using the phrase “more match drilling….” more than a handful of times in the coming months. I’m sure I’m just imagining things. Another item on the docket today… Read More »Rudder – Part 3
I like the plan of moving on to the rudder so far – I think it has been a good call. In fact, it has been an excellent move because the replacement primer was supposed to arrive yesterday and UPS sent me a notice today saying that it was damaged… Read More »Rudder Part 2
After all of the excitement of unpacking yesterday, it is nice to move on to what will become the new normal for the next few years – the actual build. Yesterday I was able to start the first few parts of the vertical stabilizer by cutting some aluminum spar caps… Read More »Vertical Stabilizer – Part 1