September 16th, 2020 Page 6-2: Step 2 – 4 Well, I’m not cheering too soon haha. It will be coming apart again to get reburred, but this is its first time together! This was Section 6, Steps 3-5.
September 15th, 2020 Page 6-2: Step 1 & 2 I just got cleared to start doing work again. I’ve been out since June 24th due to rotator cuff repair. I will say, I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. I got almost back to where I was before my Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
As of June 22, 2020, I now have the empennage kit in my possession. I will say there was a little bit of hassle to get it here which was partially my own fault plus that of ABF Freight. The kit arrived in Oklahoma City and was ready for delivery Read more…
It is for real now everyone! I submitted my order to Van’s Aircraft for the empennage and an additional practice kit yesterday June 4, 2020. I’m super excited to get this started and the practice projects I’ve already done have gone very well. I plan on making sure I do Read more…
This was a really fun, easy, educational project. It gives you something that is usable after the fact and was simple enough that it doesn’t require alot of thought or even alot of tools. Here are the tools I used to complete the project: Pneumatic squeezer 3/32″ squeezer dies #30 Read more…