Table of Contents

Construction Log

Stupid mistakes and helpful hints. - My second airplane is gonna be way easier :-)

Empennage

Wed Jul 28 2004 - Ordered empennage

Sun Aug 22 2004 - EAA9 fly-in at KDLZ

Tue Mar 22 2005 - Horizontal stabilizer and edge distance problems

Sat Mar 26 2005 - Constructed dimpling platform

Fri Apr 1 2005 - Squeezer problems

Tue Apr 5 2005 - More squeezer problems and a solution

Fri Jul 29 2005 - Airventure 2005

Sat Jul 30 2005 - Airventure 2005

Mon Aug 1 2005 - Assembled HS skeleton

Sat Aug 6 2005 - Riveted on HS skins

Sat Aug 27 2005 - Match drilling VS

Fri Sep 9 2005 - Riveted on VS skin

Sat Oct 29 2005

Mon Jan 2 2006 - Counterbalance rib problems

Wed Jan 4 2006 - Counterbalance rib problems

Thu Jan 19 2006 - Custom deburring tool

Tue Jul 4 2006 - Deburring wing ribs

Fri Jul 28 2006 - Airventure 2006

Sun Jul 30 2006 - Determing elevator trailing edge bend radius

Wed Aug 9 2006 - Elevator trailing edge bend

Thu Aug 10 2006 - Left elevator assembly

Sun Aug 13 2006 - Bending elevator tabs

Sun Aug 20 2006 - Left elevator assembly

Sat Aug 26 2006 - Trim tab issues

Sun Sep 17 2006 - Left elevator complete

Sat Oct 7 2006 - Blind rivet for trim tab attach spar

Wings

Sat Oct 14 2006 - Countersinking wing spars

Sun Oct 15 2006 - Nutplate installation

Mon Oct 16 2006 - Tiedown brackets

Wed Oct 18 2006 - Wing component deburring

Thu Oct 19 2006 - Wing rib fluting

Fri Oct 20 2006 - Hung wing spars on jigs

Sat Oct 21 2006 - Prep for match drilling wing skins

Mon Oct 23 2006 - Constructed leading edge cradle; match drilling wing skins

Tue Oct 24 2006 - Tank attach brackets

Fri Nov 3 2006 - Tank skin gap problem

Sun Nov 5 2006 - Tank attach brackets

Mon Nov 6 2006 - Tank drilling

Tue Nov 7 2006 - Fuel vent clip fabrication; drilling fuel filler

Mon Jan 1 2007 - Wing skin deburring

Sun Mar 11 2007 - Wink skin and wing walk doubler deburring

Tue Mar 13 2007 - More wing skin deburring

Wed Mar 14 2007 - Yet more wing skin deburring

Thu Mar 15 2007 - Working on tank skin gap problem

Sat Mar 17 2007 - Tank skin gap problems

Sun Mar 18 2007 - Tank skin gap problems

Mon Mar 19 2007 - Re-leveling wings in jigs

Tue Mar 20 2007 - Re-leveling wings in jigs

Thu Mar 22 2007 - Re-leveling wings in jigs

Fri Mar 23 2007 - Scarf joint

Sat Mar 24 2007 - Scarf joint; pitot tube mount

Sun Mar 25 2007 - Priming leading edge ribs

Tue Mar 27 2007 - Dimpling leading edge skin

Wed Mar 28 2007 - Aileron bracket problems

Fri Mar 30 2007 - Aileron bracket problems fixed

Sat Mar 31 2007 - Wing conduit location; drill press problems

Sun Apr 1 2007 - Deburring wing ribs

Mon Apr 2 2007 - Deburring wing components

Tue Apr 3 2007 - Dimpling wing walk doublers

Fri Apr 6 2007 - Drilling wing conduit holes

Sat Apr 7 2007 - Riveted leading edges

Sun Apr 8 2007 - Drilled main ribs for snap bushings

Mon Apr 9 2007 - Dimpled wing skins

Wed Apr 11 2007 - Dimpled wing skins

Thu Apr 12 2007 - Deburring and countersinking spars

Sat Apr 14 2007 - Countersinking wing spars

Sun Apr 15 2007 - Primed main ribs and spars

Mon Apr 16 2007 - Assembled aileron brackets

Fri Apr 20 2007 - Rear spar assembly

Sat Apr 21 2007 - Priming scarf joints

Sun Apr 22 2007 - Aileron bracket spar relief

Tue Apr 24 2007 - Rear spar assembly; main spar deburring

Wed Apr 25 2007 - Bad day

Thu Apr 26 2007 - Spar flange problems

Sat Apr 28 2007 - Spar flange problems

Mon Apr 30 2007 - Spar flange problems

Tue May 1 2007 - Spar flange problems

Wed May 2 2007 - Reassembly of wing skeleton

Sat May 5 2007 - Rivet removal HOWTO

Sun May 6 2007 - Reassembly of wing skeleton

Mon May 7 2007 - Deburring aileron ribs

Tue May 8 2007 - Rework on aileron brackets (again)

Thu May 10 2007 - Riveting on leading edge

Sat May 12 2007 - Solo riveting not going well

Sun May 13 2007 - Reassembly of wing skeleton

Mon May 14 2007 - Riveting on leading edge

Sun May 20 2007 - Left wing back in jig

Tue May 22 2007 - Riveting left wing top main skins

Sat May 26 2007 - Completed left top main skins

Sun May 27 2007 - Joint plate platenuts

Mon May 28 2007 - Riveting top right main skins

Tue May 29 2007 - Dimple repair

Wed May 30 2007 - Tank access holes

Thu May 31 2007 - Tooling hole cover plates

Sat Jun 2 2007 - Drilling new Z brackets

Wed Jun 6 2007 - Another Z bracket bites the dust

Thu Jun 7 2007 - Z brackets done

Fri Jun 8 2007 - Deburred tank baffles

Sat Jun 9 2007 - Drilled tank attach brackets

Sun Jun 10 2007 - Fuel tank prep; fuel sender customization

Mon Jun 11 2007 - Capacitive sender nutplates

Tue Jun 12 2007 - Fuel tank trap doors

Thu Jun 14 2007 - Drilling fuel tank fittings

Tue Jun 19 2007 - Tank riveting with Brent Owens

Wed Jun 20 2007 - New die grinder

Thu Jun 21 2007 - Tank riveting with Brent Owens

Sat Jun 23 2007 - Scuffed and dimpled tank skin

Sun Jun 24 2007 - Aileron bracket attachment problems

Tue Jun 26 2007 - Aileron bracket and gap fairing attachment

Thu Jun 28 2007 - Re-riveting wing walk doubler

Fri Jun 29 2007 - Flap brace tweaking

Wed Jul 4 2007 - Tank skin / baffle dimpling

Thu Jul 5 2007 - Scuffing tank ribs

Fri Jul 6 2007 - Scuffing tank baffles

Sat Jul 7 2007 - Tank stiffener / skin scuffing and dimpling

Sun Jul 8 2007 - RV-10 Eggenfellner visit

Wed Jul 11 2007 - Testing out custom dimple die

Thu Jul 12 2007 - Dimpled baffles

Sat Jul 14 2007 - Installing tank ribs - help from Greg Schroeder

Sun Jul 15 2007 - Tank assembly - help from Greg Schroeder

Mon Jul 16 2007 - Tank assembly

Wed Jul 18 2007 - Snap bushing modification and rivet dabbing

Thu Jul 19 2007 - Tank riveting - help from Brent Owens

Thu Jul 27 2007 - Airventure 2007

Mon Jul 30 2007 - Rivet dabbing

Wed Aug 1 2007 - Flop tube anti-hangup bracket

Thu Aug 2 2007 - Tank ribs

Fri Aug 3 2007 - Plastic washer deburring

Sun Aug 5 2007 - Fuel tank miscellaneous

Thu Aug 9 2007 - Fuel sender compensation probe

Sat Aug 11 2007 - Fuel tank miscellaneous

Mon Aug 13 2007 - Fuel tank miscellaneous

Wed Aug 15 2007 - Installed last tank rib!

Thu Aug 16 2007 - Rivet mangling :-(

Mon Aug 20 2007 - Mangled rivet fixing :-)

Fri Aug 24 2007 - Tank attach brackets

Sat Aug 25 2007 - Proseal fillets

Sun Aug 26 2007 - Proseal fillets

Mon Aug 27 2007 - Proseal fillets

Tue Aug 28 2007 - Visit to Dan Hempy's

Wed Aug 29 2007 - Proseal fillets

Thu Aug 30 2007 - Tank fittings

Fri Aug 31 2007 - Tank fittings

Sat Sep 1 2007 - Tank miscellaneous

Sun Sep 2 2007 - Proseal fillets

Mon Sep 3 2007 - Proseal fillets

Tue Sep 4 2007 - Proseal fillets

Wed Sep 5 2007 - Closing up tanks

Thu Sep 6 2007 - Tank - finishing touches

Fri Sep 7 2007 - Tank testing

Sat Sep 8 2007 - Tank repair

Sun Sep 9 2007 - Tank testing

Mon Sep 10 2007 - Tank testing - on hold

Tue Sep 11 2007 - Tank Testing - Success!

Fri Sep 14 2007 - Flap brace prep

Sat Sep 15 2007 - Flap and aileron component deburring

Sun Sep 16 2007 - Aileron prep

Mon Sep 17 2007 - Aileron prep

Tue Sep 18 2007 - Priming aileron stiffeners

Wed Sep 19 2007 - Attaching aileron stiffeners

Sat Sep 22 2007 - Planning flap and aileron trailing edge bends

Sun Sep 23 2007 - New skin bending brake

Tue Sep 25 2007 - Aileron trailing edge bends

Thu Sep 27 2007 - Working on Dan Hempy's elevators

Sat Sep 29 2007 - Gathering of Mustangs and Legends 2007

Tue Oct 2 2007 - Aileron leading edge skin fit problems

Wed Oct 3 2007 - Primed countersinks of flap braces

Thu Oct 4 2007 - Riveted on left flap brace

Mon Oct 8 2007 - Riveting bottom skins

Wed Oct 9 2007 - Riveting bottom skins

Wed Oct 10 2007 - Riveting bottom skins

Fri Oct 12 2007 - Riveting bottom skins

Sat Oct 13 2007 - New bucking bar

Sun Oct 14 2007 - Riveting bottom skins

Mon Oct 15 2007 - Aileron drilling

Sat Oct 20 2007 - Flying with Tom Webster

Mon Oct 22 2007 - Aileron work

Wed Oct 24 2007 - Left aileron tweaking

Fri Oct 26 2007 - Left aileron match drilling and deburring

Sat Oct 27 2007 - Aileron dimpling

Sun Oct 28 2007 - Misc aileron work

Thu Nov 1 2007 - Match drilling left flap

Sun Nov 4 2007 - Right flap work

Mon Nov 5 2007 - Misc flap work

Tue Nov 6 2007 - Flap and aileron work

Wed Nov 7 2007 - Dimpling aft holes of flap and aileron ribs

Thu Nov 8 2007 - Dimpling flaps

Sun Nov 11 2007 - Countersinking flap spars

Sun Nov 18 2007 - Priming, installing tanks, and aileron work

Tue Nov 20 2007 - Left and right aileron assembly

Wed Nov 21 2007 - Flap assembly

Fri Nov 23 2007 - Flap assembly

Tue Nov 27 2007 - Hacking on pop-rivet tool

Sat Dec 1 2007 - Flap work

Mon Dec 3 2007 - Flap assembly

Fri Dec 7 2007 - Problem with aileron bracket

Sat Dec 8 2007 - Aileron and flap work

Sun Dec 9 2007 - Flap work

Mon Dec 10 2007 - More flap work

Tue Dec 11 2007 - Built wing cradle

Thu Dec 13 2007 - Wings complete!

Fuselage

Wed Nov 14 2007 - Fuselage kit arrives!

Tue Dec 4 2007 - Unpacking / inventorying fuselage kit

Mon Dec 17 2007 - Deburring

Tue Dec 18 2007 - Deburring ribs

Thu Dec 20 2007 - Deburring

Sun Dec 23 2007 - Deburring

Wed Dec 26 2007 - Deburring

Thu Dec 27 2007 - Deburring and crate teardown

Sun Dec 30 2007 - Deburring

Mon Dec 31 2007 - Deburring

Tue Jan 1 2008 - Deburring

Wed Jan 2 2008 - Deburring

Thu Jan 3 2008 - Deburring

Fri Jan 4 2008 - Tech Counselor visit

Sat Jan 5 2008 - Visit from Tom Webster

Sun Jan 6 2008 - Deburring

Thu Jan 10 2008 - Deburring

Sat Jan 12 2008 - Wing riveting at Dan Hempy's and deburring

Sun Jan 13 2008 - Fabricating brackets, deburring

Wed Jan 16 2008 - Deburring

Thu Jan 17 2008 - Deburring bulkheads

Sat Jan 19 2008 - Deburring bulkheads

Sun Jan 20 2008 - Deburring bulkheads and firewall assy

Mon Jan 21 2008 - Firewall deburring

Tue Jan 22 2008 - Firewall deburring

Thu Jan 24 2008 - Countersinking and dimpling firewall

Sat Jan 26 2008 - Airplane Plastics visit

Sun Jan 27 2008 - F-704 Spar center section

Tue Jan 29 2008 - F-704 Spar center section riveting

Thu Jan 31 2008 - F-704 Spar center section spacers

Fri Feb 1 2008 - F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work

Sat Feb 2 2008 - F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work

Sun Feb 3 2008 - F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work

Wed Feb 6 2008 - F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work

Thu Feb 7 2008 - F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work

Sat Feb 9 2008 - F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work; Helping Brent Owens

Sun Feb 10 2008 - F-706, F-707, and F-708 Bulkheads

Mon Feb 11 2008 - F-705 Bulkhead work

Wed Feb 13 2008 - F-711 Bulkhead work

Sat Feb 16 2008 - Bulkhead work

Sun Feb 17 2008 - Building storage shelves

Mon Feb 18 2008 - Shop cleanup and longerons

Fri Feb 22 2008 - Bending longerons

Sat Feb 23 2008 - Bending longerons

Sun Feb 24 2008 - Bending longerons

Mon Feb 25 2008 - Drilling and trimming right canopy deck

Wed Feb 27 2008 - Canopy deck and battery box

Sat Mar 1 2008 - Battery box

Mon Mar 3 2008 - Battery strap standoffs

Fri Mar 7 2008 - Copper buss bars

Sat Mar 8 2008 - Battery box and relay mounting

Sun Mar 9 2008 - Polishing firewall

Fri Mar 21 2008 - Polishing firewall

Sat Mar 29 2008 - Trip to Put-in Bay

Sun Mar 30 2008 - Polishing firewall

Mon Mar 31 2008 - Polishing firewall

Tue Apr 1 2008 - Polishing firewall

Wed Apr 2 2008 - Polishing firewall

Sun Apr 6 2008 - Polishing firewall

Mon Apr 7 2008 - Polishing firewall

Wed Apr 9 2008 - Polishing firewall

Thu Apr 10 2008 - Polishing firewall

Sat Apr 12 2008 - Polishing firewall

Mon Apr 14 2008 - Polishing firewall

Tue Apr 15 2008 - Polishing firewall

Sat Apr 19 2008 - Polishing firewall

Sun Apr 20 2008 - Polishing firewall

Mon Apr 21 2008 - Polishing firewall

Tue Apr 22 2008 - Polishing firewall

Wed Apr 23 2008 - Polishing firewall complete!

Fri May 2 2008 - Working on an RV-6A

Sun May 4 2008 - Post-polishing cleanup

Thu May 8 2008 - Building sawhorses for fuselage

Sat May 10 2008 - Flying with Tom Webster

Sun May 11 2008 - Sawhorses and tailcone

Mon May 12 2008 - Trimming J-channels

Tue May 13 2008 - Tweaking F-779 aft bottom skin

Fri May 16 2008 - Drilling F-711

Sun May 18 2008 - Match drilling aft fuselage

Tue May 20 2008 - Modifying F-716 center ribs

Wed May 21 2008 - Modifying F-716 center ribs

Fri May 23 2008 - Center section

Sat May 24 2008 - Straightening center section ribs

Sun May 25 2008 - F-715 and F-623 rib work

Mon May 26 2008 - Setting gap for wing spars in F-704

Fri May 30 2008 - Fabricating F-916C spacers

Sat May 31 2008 - EAA9 Pancake Breakfast

Sun Jun 1 2008 - Seat belt bracket prototype

Tue Jun 3 2008 - Match drilled side skins to F-704 and F-705

Mon Jun 9 2008 - Fitting F-715 ribs

Tue Jun 10 2008 - Drilling F-715s and deburring extra F-716 ribs

Wed Jun 11 2008 - Deburring extra F-716 ribs

Thu Jun 12 2008 - Fitting first F-716 doubler rib

Sun Jun 15 2008 - Fabricating seat belt brackets

Sun Jun 22 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Tue Jun 24 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Sun Jun 29 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Mon Jun 30 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Tue Jul 1 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Wed Jul 2 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Fri Jul 4 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Sat Jul 5 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Sun Jul 13 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Tue Jul 15 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Sat Jul 19 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Sun Jul 20 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Mon Jul 21 2008 - Fabricating seatbelt brackets

Fri Aug 1 2008 - Airventure 2008

Sun Aug 10 2008 - New dog!

Wed Aug 20 2008 - Trimming F-638 seat supports

Thu Aug 21 2008 - Fabricating F-637B and F-637C seat angles

Sat Aug 23 2008 - Flying with Tom Webster / working on seats

Sun Aug 24 2008 - Working on seats and flying with Dick Wetherald

Wed Aug 27 2008 - Drilling right seat

Thu Aug 28 2008 - Drilling new F-776 skin

Sun Aug 31 2008 - Notching F-786 J channel stiffeners

Mon Sep 1 2008 - J-channel stiffeners and joining center and aft fuselage

Sun Sep 7 2008 - Left conical bend

Wed Sep 10 2008 - Right conical bend

Sat Sep 13 2008 - Drilling left longeron

Tue Sep 16 2008 - Drilling right longeron

Wed Sep 17 2008 - Miscellaneous fuselage work

Thu Sep 18 2008 - Working on F-904L (F-704L ?) straps

Tue Sep 23 2008 - Firewall work

Sun Sep 28 2008 - Lee Bottom Fly-in

Sat Oct 4 2008 - Longeron and firewall work

Sun Oct 5 2008 - Front fuselage and firewall

Tue Oct 7 2008 - Drilling firewall and armrests

Sat Oct 11 2008 - Step kit installation

Sun Oct 12 2008 - Step kit installation

Mon Oct 13 2008 - Step kit installation

Tue Oct 14 2008 - Step kit installation

Sat Oct 18 2008 - Step kit installation

Sun Oct 19 2008 - Auxiliary longeron and gussets

Mon Oct 20 2008 - Auxiliary longeron

Thu Oct 23 2008 - Fitting left gear weldment

Sat Oct 25 2008 - Fitting F-713 auxiliary longerons

Sun Oct 26 2008 - Joggle problems

Sun Nov 16 2008 - Aileron boot rings

Tue Nov 18 2008 - Joggle tooling

Wed Nov 19 2008 - Joggle tooling

Sat Nov 22 2008 - Angle joggles

Sun Nov 23 2008 - F-719 Stiffeners and F-717 lower longerons

Tue Nov 25 2008 - Drilling F-719B clips and F-902 bulkheads

Wed Nov 26 2008 - Fitting F-7101 web plates

Thu Nov 27 2008 - Brake pedals and Tofurkey!

Sun Nov 30 2008 - Brake pedals

Mon Dec 1 2008 - Fabricating F-796-B, C, & D

Wed Dec 3 2008 - Drilling F-796-A, B, C, & D

Sat Dec 6 2008 - Drilling rudder pedal bearing blocks

Sun Dec 7 2008 - Fitting rudder pedals

Sun Dec 14 2008 - Floor stiffeners

Mon Dec 15 2008 - Fluted baggage stiffeners

Tue Dec 30 2008 - Baggage compartment side panels

Fri Jan 2 2009 - Extra fuselage stiffeners

Tue Jan 6 2009 - F-706 doublers for extra stiffeners

Wed Jan 7 2009 - F-707 doublers for extra stiffeners

Sat Jan 10 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Mon Jan 12 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Tue Jan 13 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Wed Jan 14 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Fri Jan 16 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Sat Jan 17 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Sun Jan 18 2009 - Stripping powder coating

Mon Jan 19 2009 - Geoff Combs RV-10 visit

Thu Jan 22 2009 - Baggage bulkhead

Sat Jan 24 2009 - Wheel nut modifications

Sun Jan 25 2009 - Miscellaneous fuselage work

Mon Jan 26 2009 - Fitting baggage bulkhead and floors

Thu Jan 29 2009 - New tools

Sat Jan 31 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Sun Feb 1 2009 - Riveting Sportsman wings

Sat Feb 7 2009 - Fitting gear weldments

Wed Feb 11 2009 - Fabricated F-785B

Fri Feb 13 2009 - Fabricated F-766B

Sun Feb 15 2009 - Fitting F-767 attach plate and seat pans

Wed Feb 18 2009 - Drilling floor plates for nutplates

Thu Feb 26 2009 - EAA9 homebuilders visit

Sat Feb 28 2009 - Fuselage miscellaneous

Mon Mar 2 2009 - Fitting flap weldment

Tue Mar 3 2009 - Finishing kit arrives!

Sat Mar 7 2009 - Fuselage miscellaneous

Sun Mar 8 2009 - Disassembly and deburring

Mon Mar 9 2009 - Disassembly and deburring

Tue Mar 10 2009 - Deburring

Wed Mar 11 2009 - Deburring and fitting F-695 gussets

Sun Mar 15 2009 - Fitting F-695 gussets

Wed Mar 18 2009 - Fitting F-695R

Sat Mar 21 2009 - Fitting F-695L

Sun Mar 22 2009 - Fuselage disassembly

Tue Mar 24 2009 - Disassembling fuselage

Thu Mar 26 2009 - Fitting extra tailcone stiffeners

Sat Mar 28 2009 - Fitting extra tailcone stiffeners

Sun Mar 29 2009 - Fitting extra tailcone stiffeners

Tue Mar 31 2009 - Deburring and dimpling fuselage components

Wed Apr 1 2009 - Deburring and dimpling fuselage components

Sat Apr 4 2009 - Deburring and dimpling fuselage components

Sun Apr 5 2009 - Deburring fuselage components

Wed Apr 8 2009 - Deburring fuselage components

Thu Apr 9 2009 - Deburring fuselage components

Fri Apr 10 2009 - Visit to WhirlWind Propeller

Sat Apr 11 2009 - Deburring and dimpling fuselage components

Sun Apr 12 2009 - Deburring and dimpling fuselage components

Mon Apr 13 2009 - Deburring and dimpling fuselage components

Tue Apr 14 2009 - Dimpling fuselage skins

Wed Apr 15 2009 - Drilling engine mount to firewall

Thu Apr 16 2009 - Drilling engine mount to firewall

Fri Apr 17 2009 - Cleaning and priming fuselage parts

Sat Apr 18 2009 - Priming fuselage parts

Sun Apr 19 2009 - Tailcone assembly

Mon Apr 20 2009 - Installing nutplates

Tue Apr 21 2009 - Installing nutplates

Wed Apr 22 2009 - Riveting doubler blocks

Thu Apr 23 2009 - Drilling engine mount to firewall

Sat Apr 25 2009 - Priming and bulkhead assembly

Sun Apr 26 2009 - Miscellaneous fuselage assembly

Mon Apr 27 2009 - Installing nutplates and firewall reassembly

Wed Apr 29 2009 - Riveting tailcone

Thu Apr 30 2009 - Riveting firewall

Sat May 2 2009 - Riveting firewall and tailcone

Mon May 4 2009 - Installing F-704 doubler blocks

Wed May 6 2009 - Installing nutplates on seat floor ribs

Sat May 9 2009 - Cracked rivets

Sun May 10 2009 - Miscellaneous fuselage work

Mon May 11 2009 - Riveting seat ribs to F-704 bulkhead

Thu May 14 2009 - Dimpling side skins and ribs for aileron pushrood boot rings

Fri May 15 2009 - Drilling the new firewall weldment

Thu May 21 2009 - Visit to Bob Leffler's RV-10 project

Sat May 23 2009 - Prepping for riveting forward fuselage

Sun May 24 2009 - Riveting fuselage center section

Mon May 25 2009 - Fuselage details

Tue May 26 2009 - Fitting floor stiffeners

Sat May 30 2009 - EAA9 Pancake breakfast

Sun May 31 2009 - Floor and armrest stiffeners

Thu Jun 11 2009 - Forward fuselage work

Sat Jun 13 2009 - Flying to Sporty's

Sun Jun 14 2009 - Sealing firewall

Mon Jun 15 2009 - Armrest stiffeners

Wed Jun 17 2009 - Flipped the canoe!

Sat Jun 20 2009 - Drilling aft deck

Sat Jun 27 2009 - New garage workbench

Sun Jun 28 2009 - Armrest modifications

Tue Jun 30 2009 - Working on pushrod tubes

Thu Jul 2 2009 - Riveting aft deck

Fri Jul 3 2009 - Riveting pushrods