Author Archives: pclifton

Got a late start today, mainly because I stayed up way too late last night. No, I wasn’t partying, I just decided to tinker with panel designs again before bed, which resulted on me being up until about 5 AM. … Continue reading →

Started out this morning by fixing the right longeron. I’d previously marked the location of the canopy rail slot (where the bend line was supposed to be located), so once I removed the rail, I could easily measure between the … Continue reading →

First off, as I expected, removing the stab bars on the tail bulkhead allows for the longerons to fully fit in place. Looking back over the instructions, I think I wasn’t supposed to have those clecoed in place at this … Continue reading →

OK, not a lot of work tonight really. I finally managed to get the aft bottom skin fully clecoed into place. Next I pulled clecos from the upper portion of all the side skins in preparation for fitting the longerons. … Continue reading →

Just…wow. It’s in the nature of any large project that some things takes far less time than you expect, while others take far more time. Today definitely fell into the latter category. It’s been a light week for the project, … Continue reading →

Whew. Working in the garage in this heat is taxing. I really don’t think I’m going to be doing much – if any – work out there in the evenings this week. Forecast highs are in the low 100s every … Continue reading →

So yeah, it’s been a little while. Most of the people reading this already know about the hilarity that turned my Oshkosh trip into a full two weeks away from home, so that was kind of the first strike. The … Continue reading →

OK, so there’s still tons to do to get ready for the OSH trip, but I found a little time to do a little work after work today. I match drilled the two F-812 bulkheads, bent the flanges as instructed, … Continue reading →

Whew, back to work again. It’s been a busy week, between wrapping up a project at work while simultaneously trying to get everything organized for our Oshkosh trip. Yesterday I finally managed to get a good weather day and a … Continue reading →

So I started out today by looking at putting the bend in the lower aft corner of each mid side skin. First I had to make a run to Home Depot to get some aluminum angle to use for the … Continue reading →