I was lucky on Monday and Tuesday to get a good amount of time to dedicate to working on the plane. I dimpled a large portion of the side skins myself and I then got both of my boys to help me out with the rest of the dimples. Luckily Read more…
I finally got a block of time today to work. I got the dimpler out and I got the top and bottom skins dimpled. Not much else to report here. I did get a chance to involve my daughter for the first time as she helped me hold the bottom Read more…
I finally got some time that wasn’t dedicated to school music programs or church related activities. All of the frames are dimpled and the battery and bell crank parts are prepped too. I skipped some steps to do that as I need to clear my work table to do the Read more…
It’s been a bit since I’ve had time to build. I got the longerons countersunk and I did the #6 screw hole dimples on the skins and the cover plates. I hope to get more time to work on this tomorrow and the rest of this week (especially this summer) Read more…
I spent quite a bit of time deburring the parts and inspecting to see if there were places we were causing problems with the ribs to the skin with marring. I goofed up on some stiffeners and countersunk on the wrong side. They had a picture pointing to one side Read more…
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…