I spent the whole part of today finishing the dimpling on the skin. I used the close quarters dimple die for a few holes but they just didn’t turn out very well. So I used the other close quarters die that is mounted to my table to redo those. After that it was all taking apart the frames so that I could set the pieces aside for later priming.
I finally got everything put back together and checked all of the control throws and everything looked great! The elevator goes a few degrees beyond the expected amount. The one odd part I’m going to Read more…
I decided to go back and fix a mistake I made with the elevator trim bellcrank mounts. I was off when I drilled them and the elevator trim was not within specifications. I drilled out Read more…
I did quite a bit of filler and sanding and I’m about as far as I want to get with it at this point. I’ll come back when the plane is nearing completing to get Read more…
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