Author Archives: pclifton

Ruined some h-stab parts, moved on to v-stab for now

Posted on May 28, 2012 by pclifton

Yup, I ruined parts today.  The three or four people actually reading this might recall that in our last installment, my next task was to taper and round the ends of the HS-410 and HS-414 forward spar reinforcements.  That didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Empennage | Hours Logged: 5

More H-stab spar work

Posted on May 25, 2012 by pclifton

Another short session tonight.  I seem to keep finding things I need before I can do certain steps.  Last time, I stopped when I got to a step requiring a drill bit size I wasn’t sure I had.  A large … Continue reading →

Posted in Empennage | Hours Logged: 2

H-stab rear spar beginnings

Posted on May 22, 2012 by pclifton

Started building in earnest tonight.  Nothing really complex happened, unless you count me very gingerly working with my pricey aluminum bits.  I cleaned up the HS-609PP rear spar doubler, rounded the edges, and then clecoed and match-drilled it to the … Continue reading →

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So it begins… (Empennage reception and inventory)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by pclifton

I’ll start with a straightforward confession: I was pretty much 100% unproductive at work today.  You see, ever since I got the tracking info for my empennage kit, I’d been refreshing that page in a seriously obsessive manner.  As of … Continue reading →

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No, I didn't give up already…

Posted on May 16, 2012 by pclifton

Wow, six weeks or so since I last put something here.  Impressive, and not necessarily in a good way.  The good news is that today I made the big jump.  Sometime around midday today, I faxed my order form to … Continue reading →

Posted in Preparation

Look, a workbench!

Posted on March 26, 2012 by pclifton

It’s a little scary watching how time continues to fly by, during which I still have yet to actually start work on this project.  I seem to be getting the workspace together, but very gradually…I’ll make a small step, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Workspace

Workshop Prep, Part I

Posted on February 21, 2012 by pclifton

At the risk of stating the completely obvious, before beginning a project like this RV build, one first needs to have a good workspace.  To this end, I recently moved myself to a house with a nice two-car garage.  However, … Continue reading →

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Learning to Build with EAA SportAir

Posted on December 28, 2011 by pclifton

OK, so I don’t really have any building to do right now.  In fact, I’m 400-some miles from home, writing this in my parents’ living room on my Christmas mini-vacation.  But this blog is in dire need of content, so … Continue reading →

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