This was a long day LOL. I spent 8 hours in total across Saturday (6) and Sunday (2) to get this far. It looks great and I am hoping to get through the rest of the initial assembly by the end of this week. We’ll see as I had originally Read more…
I got started on the rear bulkhead and there is a piece you need to manufacture that braces between the rear bulkhead and the rudder stop stiffeners. I got it cut out and was preparing for drilling when I saw that the tailcone had a slight twist in it. I Read more…
Over two days I was able to get the rear bulkheads situation fixed with some shaping of the tabs on the bulkheads and I drilled all of the holes for the stiffeners. I also got the rudder stop stiffeners cut and installed. I now just need to work through cutting Read more…
The tailcone is mostly assembled now. I got the bottom and right hand side drilled. I still have to drill the stiffeners on the left hand side but I at least got it put on. I also got the longerons bent and shaped the way they asked. I am having Read more…
This has taken quite a bit of work. I could only think of a cutoff wheel to cut these stiffeners but I did not like the inaccuracy of the cuts. I tried to keep it as close to 45 degrees as much as possible but doing this free hand was Read more…
I’ve spent a lot of time recently getting our RV setup. Now that that is done and we are just enjoying it I have a little more time on my hands. I’ve spent a lot of time deburring these tailcone parts which take a lot of time just because of Read more…
I was super excited when I got the call on Wednesday that they wanted to schedule delivery at the house. Luckily this time there weren’t any issues and they showed up on the date they said they would and the crate was beaten up but nothing inside was damaged. I Read more…
I dragged all of the parts from the attic and started on the tailcone. I had to order a 3/8 – 16 tap as I don’t really keep an assortment of taps around unless I need one. I got the first three steps done and I need to start cutting Read more…
I finally finished the elevators! I will have to come back and redo the trim tabs. It appears when I drilled the end rivet holes I got them off. There is a pretty bad twist in BOTH of the trim tabs. Not a big deal, I’ll just order new parts Read more…
I spent some time on Saturday and Sunday getting the trim tabs sealed up and I at least drilled the holes for the elevator side of the trim tab hinge. I’m going to have to wait until Thursday to do the rest of the hinge drilling on the trim tabs Read more…