Wings
More Prepping and Riveting Alone
Brendon was busy with more band stuff tonight so I prepped the rest of the rivets in the skin so we could just keep going on riveting. I also got all of the rivets set that I could on the top row.
Wings
Initial Rivets for Top Skin
I got the wings 100% level across the board so they were not twisted. I then tried to do what the instructions said to do with back riveting but it was just not working very well. I have an offset back rivet set but it just does not transfer the Read more…
Wings
Top Skins Primed
I finished the inventory for the finish and QB fuse kit yesterday. I got it all squared away and stored and I took some of the hardware to bring it home and sort it with the rest of the hardware I have. I got a few hours today to get Read more…
Research
Finishing Kit Inventoried
I took a few hours after work last night and went to the storage unit to inventory the kit. I did short cut the process some for some of the hardware bags by just looking to see that I had relatively the count the had on the list and then Read more…
Travel
Fuselage QB & Finishing Kit Pickup – RV-10 Flight
I got a call during spring break that the fuse QB and finishing kit were ready to be picked up. This was 5-6 months ahead of schedule but definitely welcome news since September and October are usually marching band months for our family. I got time off scheduled for work, Read more…
Wings
Top Skin Dimpling Complete
I got some time tonight before church to dimple the last of the left wing skins. Now I just need to prime the parts and I’ll be ready to get started on riveting them this weekend.
Wings
Right Wing Top Skin Dimpling Day 2 & Left Wing Rib/Spar Dimpling
I spent a good amount of time finishing the right wing skin which is ready to go now for priming and riveting. The left wing ribs and spars are also completed. Not much else to report at this time.
Wings
Right Wing Top Skin Dimpling Day 1
This will probably go over multiple days per wing but I got all of the dimples completed for the largest skin on the top of the right wing today. Alot of monotonous dimpling while listening to podcasts. I noticed I’ve not been including enough pictures with me in it per Read more…
Wings
Inboard Skin Countersinking
Finally got a chance to work on the plane without having to worry about school work. I’m sooo close. I got all of the counter sinking completely done where the skin doubler and skin come together as well as the #8 screw holes. I also was able to finish the Read more…
Tools
Van’s Builder’s Support and Organization
I’ve been extremely busy with church related activities as well as trying to improve my own processes while building. I am constantly dealing with my poor organization of my hardware (minus really my aviation hardware which gave me an opportunity to try things out). So I finalized organizing all of Read more…