PREPARING TO ATTACH THE CABIN TOP Once again, we come across competing schools of thought in the RV-10 universe of builders. I have seen some people prepare their cabin tops prior riveting on the forward fuselage. The instructions provided from Vans have you rivet everything in place prior to sizing… Read More »Top of the cabin top to you
BUILDING THE BAGGAGE DOOR The baggage door is not a complex piece to construct. After all of the metal fabrication and rivets that brought me to this point, this was not supposed to be difficult. A few angles of aluminum bracing, small lock mechanism, front and back skins, done. That… Read More »You think YOU have baggage…
TIME TO INSTALL THE BAGGAGE FLOORS Now that the conduit and battery cable runs are in, it is time to make the baggage floors permanent. This is indeed a bit daunting to know that I am sealing this area up for good. There are plenty of builders who elect to… Read More »I’m floored… by all these rivets
NO CLEVER SUBHEADING… LEFT WING SKIN RIVETING I suppose I started adding subheadings so I could search and track individual efforts along the way. This is what led me to this rather uninspired heading. Oh well. My point is that I spent a good many hours riveting on the bottom… Read More »Left wing skin riveting
RIVETING THE WINGS – BUT FIRST SOME HELP The best way I know how to prepare for riveting is by calling in the A-Team. My daughters love helping out with the plane, so anytime I can bring them along I do. Here, Eleanor is placing clecos into the aileron and… Read More »Riveting and wiring on the wings
I put in some time to finish the tailcone.
Back in the workshop after Oshkosh to rivet more tailcone skins and put the aft deck in place on the tailcone.
SHORT ARMS = TAILCONE TEAM I have been able to manage a large number of rivets on the tailcone so far. I have been able to combine any number of reaching and stretching techniques employed. But the reality is that this particular section requires an extra pair of hands. Bring… Read More »Tailcone Team
SETTING UP THE AFT DECK Once I had most of the pieces riveted in place for the tailcone, it was time to cleco the aft deck in place. For the most part it went quite smoothly. I am really happy that I spent the extra time working on the alignment… Read More »Riveting the aft deck
MAKING THE RUDDER FAIRINGS I suppose I should correct that to “purchasing the rudder fairings” from Cleavland Tool. They have the basic pieces that you need to trim to size for your plane. I made what I considered a slick looking swept back look, took it to the band saw,… Read More »“Fairly” good attempt at rudder fairings