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Right flap riveting
Got rolling on riveting the right flap tonight. I’d hoped to get further, but Josie had to work late and couldn’t help me out, and some of this riveting is definitely better done with two people on the job. I’d … Continue reading
Flap dimpling and initial riveting
Whee, time to break out the C-frame! Well, actually, first I got out the edge rolling tool and put a little roll in the edge of the top skins that will overlap the bottom skins. Then, since I already had … Continue reading
More flap prep
Short night tonight. I got out the die grinder and went to work on the edges of the flap skins. Turned out to be a kind of tedious job what with all the odd bends and such, but not too … Continue reading
Flap prep and priming
Whew…now that was a good day’s work. Since the weather was nice, my primary goal was to finish prepping the flap components so I could shoot primer. First order of business was to countersink the bottom spar flange where it … Continue reading
Fuselage organization, bit of flap prep
OK, so a lot of stuff going on today, didn’t have a lot of time in the garage. I did run out to Harbor Freight to pick up another storage case, which now contains some of the bagged small parts … Continue reading
Fuselage inventory, pt 3
Just in case I haven’t mentioned it…there are a lot of parts in the fuselage kit. Tonight I went to work inventorying and organizing all the hardware bags. Calling these hardware bags is a bit of a misnomer, actually…about half … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 4
Fuselage inventory, pt 2
Tonight was cleanup and organization night. As shown last night, I had parts strewn all over the place, along with a mountain of packing paper about six feet high. So tonight I moved as much stuff out into the driveway … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 2
Fuselage inventory, pt 1
So even though I was out of town this past weekend, I still made time to obsessively check on the tracking for my fuselage kit, and I was quite plead to see that it had arrived in Houston as of … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 3
More pushrods
Rather than mess with deburring flap skins – which I won’t be able to do any priming on this weekend anyway – I decided to go ahead and build the second set of aileron pushrods tonight. These are the long … Continue reading
Pushrods done
Not a lot of time tonight, but I figured I’d see if I could get the pushrods done. The epoxy was cured nicely, now to get those rivets out: That turned out to be a fun exercise. I was able … Continue reading