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July 2020

Empennage

Day 3 – Rear Spar and Spar Caps Reordered

July 10th, 2020 Page 6-2: Step 4 I’m glad I found my mistake early on in the build. And it reinforces to me the absolute importance of reading sentence by sentence and understanding exactly what they are expecting. Also… Don’t have preconceived idea of what they want either. My first Read more…

By olanandkate, 5 yearsJuly 11, 2020 ago
Empennage

Day 2 – Rear Spar & Spar Cap Match Drilling

July 9th, 2020 Page 6-2: Step 2 & 3 Not a ton to write about today. I got the holes match drilled between the rear spar and the spar caps. The only odd thing is that, even with them held firmly together, the shavings from near by holes would cause Read more…

By olanandkate, 5 yearsJuly 10, 2020 ago
Empennage

Day 1 – Initial Cuts – Vertical Stabilizer

July 8th, 2020 Page 6-2: Step 1 I was cleared by my doctor today to do some very small movement of my shoulder. I didn’t waste anytime getting into the garage to get started on the plane 🙂 I honestly did not use my left arm much but to guide Read more…

By olanandkate, 5 yearsJuly 9, 2020 ago
Empennage

First Build Hour

I just recently had rotator cuff repair surgery so I’m not going to be able to do too much with the build for another month or so. But I did want to go on ahead and get everything organized and ready to go. I had my boys take all of Read more…

By olanandkate, 5 yearsJuly 4, 2020 ago
Research

Plane Schemer New Ideas

While looking through social media, I found another awesome paint scheme from Plane Schemer. This plane also has the exact cowling I am looking for with my build. This had a few extra points that I wanted to document that I want to do in my plane maybe with different Read more…

By olanandkate, 5 yearsJuly 4, 2020 ago

Aircraft Build Time

Airplane sectionBuild time (hrs)
S06 - Vertical Stabilizer22.5
S07 - Rudder34.25
S08 - Horizontal Stabilizer49.75
S09 - Elevators59
S10 - Tailcone75.75
S11 - Empennage Attach27.75
S12 - Empennage Fairings26.5
S13 - Main Spar18.25
S14 - Wing Ribs35.5
S15 - Rear Spar29.25
S16 - Top Skins32.75
S17 - Outboard Leading Edge34.75
S18 - Fuel Tank15
S21 - Aileron29.75
Total490.75
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