Priming and Stiffeners….the two things I like the least on this build. But, you can’t have an airplane unless you do these two things. I have been holding back several bits of work in order to batch all my priming into one big job, and tonight I planned to tackle … Continue reading
I have been working on the shop these past few days, cleaning, organizing and setting up a new tool chest so I haven’t spent much time on the plane. But, I have my workshop much more organized and easier to work in now. I am planning a primer session this … Continue reading
Tonight I assembled the skeleton for the right elevator, and then match drilled the parts. There is a service bulletin SB 14-02-05 for the mounting brackets on the elevator spars that was released by Vans a while back. Luckily, my kit had all the new parts included to address this service … Continue reading
I have made a decision to at least do something on the airplane every night, even if its just a few minutes. This way I am always moving forward on the build, every day even if its just a small step. I wasn’t feeling 100% tonight, so I decided to deburr … Continue reading
Tonight I spent a few hours working on the elevators. I removed the plastic covering from the inside of the skins, and then fitted the stiffeners to the skins. After I had one side fitted, I match drilled all the holes and then removed the stiffeners, making sure to mark … Continue reading
I started work on the elevators tonight. I have the rudder parts ready for priming, so I tucked it away on the shelf to get the elevator to the priming stage then I will do them together to save time. Like the rudder, the elevators use stiffeners that have to … Continue reading
Tammy and Acacia headed out to do some grocery shopping so I stayed at home and decided to work a little on the airplane tonight. I only spent about 1.5 hours on it, but I ended up finishing all of the metal prep on the rudder parts. I started out … Continue reading
I only spent about an hour on the project tonight. All I have left on the rudder is to fit the counterweight and then start the process of deburring, dimpling, and edge finishing so I can get the parts ready for priming. I am seriously considering building an air tight … Continue reading
Tammy and Acacia were out of the house for the night, so I made the executive decision to go ahead and rivet on the stiffeners to the skins without priming them now. I will prime them with the rest of the parts later on, so that means there will be … Continue reading
After a short break, I started on the second work session for tonight. I had finished up the rudder stiffeners prior, and now its time to construct the rudder skeleton. The assembly starts off by clecoing R-904 rib to the spar R-902. Once its clecoed, we need to wide the … Continue reading