September 18, 2020 Page 6-2: Step 6, Page 6-3: Step 1-2 I finally got steps 6 and7 done! The holes are countersunk for the rivets on the bottom half of the front side of the spar doubler and all of the other pieces have been deburred. I might need to Read more
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
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
I had been limping along with a small and inexpensive Bessey 4″ vise that I got from Home Depot a while back. It was rusting pretty bad and I couldn’t seem to get it to grip anything anymore like it should. I didn’t feel like using a cheater bar because Read more
I wanted to first start off with a video of the final product of what the shop lights look like. They turned out great for the amount of money that was spent. I would really have preferred to have had light boxes installed in the ceiling, but that’s money I Read more