Author Archives: pclifton

So I didn’t get a whole lot done today in terms of shop time, but I’m well on the way to getting started on the monumental task of preparing all these parts. First off, though, I took a second look … Continue reading →

So yeah, tonight I worked on trimming this skin for the tailwheel mount. First I came up with a slightly better way to draw out the initial cut line: I measured and made a few guide marks on each side, … Continue reading →

OK, we left off last time when I’d clecoed the seat back support into place. The support attaches to the side mount plates with AN4 bolts, and to the cockpit rails with a combination of -4 rivets and flush screws. … Continue reading →

Well, didn’t get a lot done today. I got a bit of a late start, and after a couple hours work I broke for dinner, and about the time the power went out for what ended up being four hours … Continue reading →

Tonight I started by match-drilling the holes between the lower center section flanges and the forward floor and bottom skins. For some reason I’d thought that the instructions specified these be drilled from the inside, but apparently I dreamed that. … Continue reading →

OK, not really a work day per say; all we did was get the fuselage off the old “platform” and onto the new sawhorses. We moved the fuselage out of the garage and into the lawn first. I took advantage … Continue reading →

Well, this was mostly a day spent stress testing my air drills and compressor. Prior to that, though, I made a Home Depot run for some lumber, with which I made a couple of sawhorses. Now that I’ve finished drilling … Continue reading →

Started out today by beginning to rivet the rear seat. This was somewhat interesting due to the shape of this thing. In general, it was challenging to find some way to hold the pieces steady while I riveted; in particular, … Continue reading →

Tonight I finished drilling one hinge half to the seat back and then clecoed the whole thing together for match drilling. Pulled it apart, deburred everything, and started to to some riveting, then decided to just wait until tomorrow. Once … Continue reading →

Short night. I started working on the rear seat back, even though I got in my package from Avery that included new shiny drill bits. I think I’ll wait until the weekend to go on another drilling spree. Most of … Continue reading →