It didn’t take long, but I made my significant boo-boo. Page 6-10 step 6 has you machine countersink a bunch of #30 holes to accept 1/8″ flush rivets. Well I wasn’t paying close enough attention and made two mistakes in
Read moreVertical Stabilizer Rear Spar – And Helpers
I continued work on the Vertical Stabilizer rear spar the past couple days, match drilling the Rear Spar Caps and rear spar and getting a bunch of parts deburred. The plans have you drill every fourth hole and cleco as
Read moreFirst cuts and… excitement
So today is my birthday. It is also the day I asked my wife to marry me. And of course, in the interest of even further overloading the date – today is the day I started actually building my airplane.
Read moreInventory
Well, this is the first real “work” that I’m counting as hours toward the build process. The first step with any kit from Van’s is to inventory the contents of the shipment and make sure everything is in the box
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