Jan 9

Vertical Stabilizer is completed!

I know this is just a really small step compared to the full aircraft but, Elen and…

Jan 8

Almost, almost there.

Elen and I finished the left side and riveted the back spar to the skin. Only missi…

Jan 7

Right side done.

It has been a busy week for me so, not much time to work on the airplane. However, …

Jan 5

First rivets to the skin.

We riveted most of the right side of the vertical stabilizer skin but, we had some …

Jan 4

Vertical stab close to be done.

Elen and I spent a few hours with Jared at his hangar to get his help on the things…

Jan 2

Skin fully dimpled.

Today Elen and I met the "boys" (Jared, Wes, Ron and Dave) at the airport and we we…

Dec 31

Rudder preparation continues.

Today was all about deburring and setting the first parts of the rudder. Not much t…

Dec 30

Vertical stab and rudder preparation.

Elen primed the vertical stabilizer skin while I conquer my fears with the band saw…

Dec 29

Preparing the rudder pieces.

As we are still waiting for some help to finish the vertical stabilizer, I decided …

Dec 28

Just dimples.

Not much to show/say today besides we have started dimpling (is this a verb?) the p…