Wow. Its been a little over five months since I last worked on the airplane. With our daughter starting kindergarten this year we have been road tripping in the new Tesla Model 3 that we bought a few months back. If anyone would like to buy a Tesla with my … Continue reading
Tonights short session, I started work on the left flap. The bottom of the left wing does not have the skin on it yet, which made this work a lot easier. If you are at this step in the process, delay putting on the bottom skins till you have the … Continue reading
After a bit of a hiatus, I am finally getting some building done. I don’t really have much left on the wings, the last major parts are mounting the flaps and then the last skin, and thats pretty much got the wings done for now. So, tonight, I started working … Continue reading
Another quick build session, but closing out some good work on the wings. I was able to rivet both of the flap braces onto the wings. Here are the timelapse videos: And a closeup of the left wing: Not much to report, I grabbed the flap braces and verified I … Continue reading
I now have two fully assembled flaps! I wanted to knock out the last few rivets on this right flap, and then the last 5 on the left flap this weekend, so I could mark them as 100% complete. Thankfully, I was able to get both flaps completely done and … Continue reading
After being out of town for a week, I wanted to get some work done on the build today, and then spend some time doing some stuff for work that I need to get done as well. My goal is to get this right flap completely finished up over this … Continue reading
Made a LOT of progress tonight, almost 5 hours worth AND I shot a couple live videos to boot! I am shooting the video for a couple of reasons. 1. To help prove to the FAA that I am the builder of the aircraft, so I can get the Repairman … Continue reading
Back to riveting! Tonight I started riveting some parts together to actually for a control surface. With the flaps being at the point they are ready for final assembly, all that was left was to build a set of V-blocks to hold them to make assembly and riveting easier. So … Continue reading
Tonights work session was pretty much identical to last nights, and was only about an hour. I wanted to get both flaps to the point of ready to be riveted, so I could make some V-blocks and then rivet these puppies together. The process was the same as last night, … Continue reading
I came down the check the AKZO to see if it had cured enough to start dimpling, and I was happy to see the parts were cured and ready for the next step. So, I began setting up my workspace to start the dimpling process. I figured I would be … Continue reading