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
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
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
I recruited some help for priming my flaps 🙂 Tammy took Acacia to my parents to babysit, and she wound up helping me scuff, clean and prime both flaps. This step takes a lot of work, and once you start, you have to complete the session. Once you scuff the … Continue reading
Really short build session tonight, of about 30 minutes. I recently completed all the pre-construction for both flaps, and they are waiting on primer before dimpling and riveting, but I decided to make a small change / upgrade. There is a small K1000-4 platenut that is used to thread the … Continue reading
Not really much to report in this build session. I wanted to get all of my left and right flaps parts deburred and ready for the next step, so I started with the right flap skeleton, and deburred all the holes in those parts. I took a few minutes break … Continue reading
Yeap, the time has come….deburring time. I have come to not mind this task. Its simple, and I can use it to clear my head from all the “computer work” I do for a living. Its good to just do work with your hands sometimes! There is not much to … Continue reading
I managed to get down to the shop and spend a little over an hour finishing up the right flap skeleton. There really wasn’t much left to do, but I wanted to knock it out while I had some free time. I started out by clamping down the FL-706A doubler … Continue reading