January 22, 2021
Another day of checking off boxes. I got the tail strobe wired up and threw down a thick layer of micro on the VS tip fairing. While that cured, the final skin got riveted. Wow, that felt great – even if it was quite loud bucking the rivets. The fuel servo was next up and thankfully the throttle and mixture…
October 7, 2020
Finished up the rudder, sans rounding the leading edge. So next up was the Elevator. Made good progress today but damn 3 hours of sanding and deburring, shesh.
October 6, 2020
Well I thought I had a day left to finish the rudder, that was too optomistic given my lack of skills It was still a good day however with a growing skills set with riveting.
October 5, 2020
One of those days where you leave scratching your head because you put the hours in but it doesn’t feel like a lot of progress. Oh well. Worked on the ignition wiring and long wire runs from the panel to the rear avionics tray. Finished up the day priming rudder parts, fingers crossed tomorrow I will have a completed rudder.
October 2, 2020
Productive day with no major screw-ups requiring rework. Whew. Finished prepping all the parts; cleco, drill, debur, dimple, countersink. Lots of steps to get to the point of riveting. By late afternoon I pounded some rivets. Should have the rudder finished up in one more work day.
October 1, 2020
Missing parts for the Vertical Stabilizer, missing parts for the Horizontal Stabilizer. So I started with the Rudder. Went smoothly until I realized that I was missing R-1007 brackets. After searching I figured out they are in a back ordered bag. So I made my own after taking measurements from a completed RV-10. Ugh, slow down already…