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 - Oshkosh 2005

Sat Jul 30 2005 - Oshkosh 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 - Bad edge distance

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 - Oshkosh 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 - Wing 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 - Oshkosh 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 - Oshkosh 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

Sat Jul 4 2009 - Fitting side rails and F-757 gussets

Sun Jul 5 2009 - Drilling top fuselage skins

Wed Jul 8 2009 - Dimpling top fuselage skins

Fri Jul 10 2009 - Miscellaneous fuselage work

Sat Jul 11 2009 - Deburring heater cover

Sun Jul 12 2009 - Priming fuselage parts

Sat Jul 18 2009 - Fitting side rails

Mon Jul 20 2009 - Miscellaneous fuselage work

Tue Jul 21 2009 - Prep for riveting upper fuselage skins

Wed Jul 22 2009 - Riveting top fuselage skins

Sat Jul 25 2009 - Oshkosh 2009

Sat Aug 1 2009 - Drilling out rivets from F-708

Sun Aug 2 2009 - Priming and installing F-708 bulkhead shims

Wed Aug 5 2009 - Riveting top skins and arm rests

Sat Aug 8 2009 - Drilling and dimpling for static ports

Sun Aug 9 2009 - Forward floor center tunnel cover

Sat Aug 15 2009 - Drilling tunnel cover to floor stiffeners

Sun Aug 16 2009 - Drilling F-938A fuel selector mounting plate

Mon Aug 17 2009 - Drilling and dimpling for nutplates on the floor center covers

Thu Aug 20 2009 - Fuel pump cover and nutplates

Sat Aug 22 2009 - Riveting side rails and starting dog platform

Mon Aug 24 2009 - Dog platform

Fri Aug 28 2009 - Riveting Aaron May's RV-10 vertical stabilizer

Sat Aug 29 2009 - John Furey annual fly-in

Sun Aug 30 2009 - Dog platform

Wed Sep 2 2009 - Shear

Mon Sep 7 2009 - Assembling seat backs

Sat Sep 12 2009 - MERFI 2009

Sat Sep 19 2009 - Installed static ports

Sun Sep 27 2009 - Fabricating dog platform retaining clips

Tue Oct 13 2009 - Fabricating joggle tooling

Wed Oct 14 2009 - Testing joggle tooling

Sat Oct 17 2009 - Building blitz at MRT

Sun Oct 18 2009 - Trimming joggle tabs

Mon Oct 19 2009 - Dog platform

Thu Oct 22 2009 - Wire tie base

Sat Oct 24 2009 - Dog platform

Sun Oct 25 2009 - Dog platform

Tue Oct 27 2009 - Dog platform

Wed Oct 28 2009 - New brake!

Thu Oct 29 2009 - Dog platform

Sun Nov 1 2009 - Dog platform supports

Mon Nov 2 2009 - Dog platform supports

Tue Nov 3 2009 - Dog platform supports

Wed Nov 4 2009 - Dog platform supports

Sat Nov 7 2009 - Ohio Valley RVators birthday party

Sat Nov 28 2009 - Polishing intake pipes

Sun Nov 29 2009 - Kerin's first GA flight!

Sat Dec 19 2009 - Polishing intake pipes

Sat Jan 9 2010 - Anodizing rig

Sun Jan 10 2010 - Current supply

Sat Jan 16 2010 - Flying with Dick Wetherald

Sun Jan 17 2010 - Anodizing current control circuit

Sun Jan 24 2010 - First anodizing test...success!

Sat Jan 30 2010 - Anodizing pushrod tubes

Sun Jan 31 2010 - Anodizing intake pipe flanges

Mon Feb 1 2010 - Anodizing intake pipe flanges

Tue Feb 2 2010 - Anodizing intake pipe flanges

Fri Feb 5 2010 - Dog platform support shims

Sat Feb 6 2010 - Dog platform supports

Thu Feb 11 2010 - Fabricating latching mechanism

Fri Feb 12 2010 - Fabricating latching mechanism

Sat Feb 13 2010 - Dog platform

Mon Feb 15 2010 - Dog platform and latch

Tue Feb 16 2010 - Dog platform supports

Wed Feb 17 2010 - Jig for trimming canopy frame components

Thu Feb 18 2010 - Canopy frame

Sat Feb 20 2010 - Fuselage miscellaneous

Thu Feb 25 2010 - Canopy frame

Thu Mar 11 2010 - Prop and staic line routing

Sat Mar 13 2010 - Miscellaneous tailcone work

Sun Mar 14 2010 - Fitting landing gear weldments

Mon Mar 15 2010 - Relief tube location investigation

Tue Mar 16 2010 - Drilling for relief tube and gear weldment installation

Wed Mar 17 2010 - Control installation

Fri Mar 19 2010 - Priming control pushrods

Sat Mar 20 2010 - Pushrod, control column link, and crotch strap brackets

Sun Mar 21 2010 - Installing crotch strap brackets

Mon Mar 22 2010 - Miscellaneous fuselage work

Tue Mar 23 2010 - Drilling horizontal stabilizer to fuselage

Wed Mar 24 2010 - Drilling horizontal stabilizer to fuselage

Thu Mar 25 2010 - Fabricating shims

Fri Mar 26 2010 - Disassembling horizontal stabilizer

Sat Mar 27 2010 - Removing aft deck and horizontal stabilizer attachment structure

Fri Apr 2 2010 - New parts arrive

Sat Apr 3 2010 - Working on horizontal stabilizer

Tue Apr 6 2010 - Engine arrives

Thu Apr 8 2010 - Reworking horizontal stabilizer attachment

Fri Apr 9 2010 - Horizontal stabilizer rear spar

Sun Apr 11 2010 - (re)dimpling horizontal stabilizer skins

Mon Apr 12 2010 - Misc horizontal stabilizer and fuselage work

Wed Apr 14 2010 - Fabricating aft deck

Thu Apr 15 2010 - Fabricating and fitting aft deck

Fri Apr 16 2010 - B-25s at Urbana

Sat Apr 17 2010 - (re)assembling horizontal stabilizer rear spar

Sun Apr 18 2010 - More horizontal stabilizer assembly

Mon Apr 19 2010 - Finished (re)assembly of horizontal stabilizer

Tue Apr 20 2010 - Aft fuse riveting

Wed Apr 21 2010 - (re)installing aft deck

Thu Apr 22 2010 - (re)drilling horizontal stabilizer to fuselage

Fri Apr 23 2010 - HS front spar doublers and pitch servo mounting

Sat Apr 24 2010 - Autopilot pitch servo

Sun Apr 25 2010 - Mounting elevators

Mon Apr 26 2010 - Fitting elevators

Wed Apr 28 2010 - Fitting elevators and pitch servo

Thu Apr 29 2010 - Installing vertical stabilizer

Fri Apr 30 2010 - Priming and installing doubler on HS spar angle

Sat May 1 2010 - Installing pitch servo brackets

Sun May 2 2010 - Broken adjustable set holder

Mon May 3 2010 - Safety wiring pitch servo

Tue May 4 2010 - Riveting offset plate to vertical stabilizer front spar

Wed May 5 2010 - Contemplating TruTrak servo arm attachment screw

Thu May 6 2010 - Installing rudder

Fri May 7 2010 - Fabricating rudder stops

Sun May 9 2010 - Working on canopy frame

Mon May 10 2010 - Visit to John Bowen's RV-9A project

Wed May 12 2010 - Drilling canopy frame

Thu May 13 2010 - Canopy frame work

Sat May 15 2010 - Prop balancing weekend

Tue May 18 2010 - Fabricated inner canopy frame mounting brackets

Fri May 21 2010 - Refurbished Di-Acro brake

Sun May 23 2010 - Canopy frame work

Mon May 24 2010 - Canopy frame work

Tue May 25 2010 - Fabricating support brackets for center tunnel

Thu May 27 2010 - Starting work on forward top fuselage

Fri May 28 2010 - Riveting canopy frame

Sat May 29 2010 - Canopy frame work

Sun May 30 2010 - Fitting canopy frame to fuselage

Tue Jun 1 2010 - Modifying elevator trim knob

Wed Jun 2 2010 - Sub floor work

Thu Jun 3 2010 - Canopy frame support cover

Sat Jun 5 2010 - Sub floor panel

Sun Jun 6 2010 - Popup tipup bellcranks

Mon Jun 7 2010 - Popup tipup bellcranks and upper forward structure modifications

Thu Jun 10 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Mon Jun 14 2010 - Sub floor joggle strips

Tue Jun 15 2010 - Sub floor edge supports and firewall panel

Wed Jun 16 2010 - Fitting fireproofing panels

Thu Jun 17 2010 - Visit to Tom Thompson's

Fri Jun 18 2010 - Floor panel and popup tipup mods

Sun Jun 20 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Mon Jun 21 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Wed Jun 23 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Sat Jun 26 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Mon Jun 28 2010 - Bending sub floor edge strips

Tue Jun 29 2010 - Fabricating vent tube bottom fittings

Wed Jun 30 2010 - Flying with Tom Webster

Thu Jul 1 2010 - Bending vent lines

Fri Jul 2 2010 - Fabricating vent lines

Wed Jul 7 2010 - Popup tipup modificatons

Thu Jul 8 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Sat Jul 10 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Sun Jul 11 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Mon Jul 12 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Wed Jul 14 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Sat Jul 17 2010 - Flying with Tom Webster and Scott Thompson

Sun Jul 18 2010 - Testing vent line fittings

Mon Jul 19 2010 - Popup tipup modifications

Tue Jul 20 2010 - Popup tipup modifications and misc work

Mon Jul 26 2010 - Oshkosh 2010

Wed Aug 4 2010 - Fitting canopy frame

Fri Aug 6 2010 - Fabricating canopy/forward skin joint strip

Sat Aug 7 2010 - Fitting sub floor supports

Sun Aug 15 2010 - Adding nutplates to lower longeron

Tue Aug 17 2010 - Tapping nutplates

Thu Aug 19 2010 - Removing right gear weldment and canopy joint plate

Thu Aug 26 2010 - Visit to Joe Trepicone's turbine Lancair project

Sat Sep 11 2010 - Fitting sub floors

Sun Sep 12 2010 - Installing nutplates on lower longeron

Mon Sep 13 2010 - Pilot / pax heat control

Wed Sep 15 2010 - Pilot / pax heat control

Sat Sep 18 2010 - Fabricating glide washers

Tue Sep 21 2010 - Fabricating baffle plate (again)

Wed Sep 22 2010 - Pilot / pax heat control

Thu Sep 23 2010 - Pilot / pax heat control linkage

Sat Sep 25 2010 - Pilot / pax heat control linkage

Sun Sep 26 2010 - Pilot / pax heat control

Mon Sep 27 2010 - Fabricating sub floor stiffeners

Tue Sep 28 2010 - Fabricating sub floor stiffeners

Wed Sep 29 2010 - Fabricating sub floor stiffeners

Thu Sep 30 2010 - Fabricating sub floor stiffeners

Sat Oct 2 2010 - Moving Bob Leffler's RV-10 to the airport

Mon Oct 4 2010 - Insulation attachment bracket prototype

Sat Oct 16 2010 - Riveting John Bowen's RV-9A

Sun Oct 17 2010 - Insulation bracket prototype and flame testing rig

Fri Oct 29 2010 - New benches

Sun Oct 31 2010 - Fabricating blocks for shear hold-down

Tue Nov 2 2010 - Flame testing CS-1900 and fabricating new brackets

Wed Nov 3 2010 - Working on sub floors

Thu Nov 4 2010 - Deburring and dimpling

Sun Nov 7 2010 - Firewall sub panel

Mon Nov 8 2010 - Firewall sub panel and sub floors

Wed Nov 10 2010 - Sub floor details

Thu Nov 11 2010 - Fitting firewall sub panel brackets

Fri Nov 12 2010 - Fitting firewall sub panel brackets

Sat Nov 20 2010 - EAA Chapter 9 Stearman project

Sun Nov 21 2010 - Fabricating and fitting bowden cable brackets

Mon Nov 22 2010 - Changing o-rings on brake components

Sat Dec 4 2010 - Fitting firewall sub panels

Mon Dec 6 2010 - Reassembling master cylinders

Thu Dec 9 2010 - Fabricating new brake line bracket

Fri Dec 10 2010 - Drilling left firewall sub panel

Sat Dec 11 2010 - Flying with Tom Webster

Mon Dec 13 2010 - Installing infrared heater

Mon Dec 20 2010 - Priming sub floor and sub firewall components

Tue Dec 21 2010 - Riveting sub floor panels

Wed Dec 22 2010 - Riveting nutplates to sub panels and brackets

Thu Dec 23 2010 - Microstop for right angle drill

Mon Dec 27 2010 - Riveting firewall sub panel brackets

Wed Dec 29 2010 - Brake line bracket

Thu Dec 30 2010 - Fabricating brake line bracket

Sat Jan 1 2011 - Fabricating antenna doublers

Sun Jan 2 2011 - Comm antenna

Mon Jan 3 2011 - Antenna doublers

Tue Jan 4 2011 - Priming

Fri Jan 7 2011 - Riveting misc fuselage components

Thu Jan 13 2011 - Mounting antennas

Sat Jan 15 2011 - Trimming spar covers and brackets

Wed Jan 19 2011 - Fuel filter / fuel pump interconnect line

Sat Jan 22 2011 - CMH Tower tour

Tue Jan 25 2011 - Fuel line work

Wed Jan 26 2011 - Building tubing straightener

Thu Jan 27 2011 - Building tubing straightener

Sat Jan 29 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sun Feb 6 2011 - Fabricating bending blocks

Wed Feb 9 2011 - Fabricating bending blocks

Thu Feb 10 2011 - Fabricating bending blocks

Fri Feb 11 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sun Feb 13 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Tue Feb 15 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Wed Feb 16 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Thu Feb 17 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sat Feb 19 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sun Feb 20 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Mon Feb 21 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Tue Feb 22 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Wed Feb 23 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Fri Feb 25 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sat Feb 26 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sun Feb 27 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Tue Mar 1 2011 - Vent line tubing

Thu Mar 3 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Fri Mar 4 2011 - Fuel line tubing

Sun Mar 6 2011 - Purge line check valve

Mon Mar 7 2011 - Purge line check valve

Tue Mar 8 2011 - AN Threads

Sat Mar 12 2011 - Vent line tubing

Sun Mar 13 2011 - Purge line tubing

Fri Mar 18 2011 - Behind the scenes tour at Air Force Musuem

Sat Mar 19 2011 - Flying with Tom Webster

Tue Mar 22 2011 - Purge line tubing

Sat Mar 26 2011 - Parking brake valve mounting and handle

Sun Mar 27 2011 - Parking brake valve mounting

Mon Mar 28 2011 - Parking brake valve mounting

Thu Mar 31 2011 - Parking brake valve

Fri Apr 1 2011 - Riveting on John Bowen's RV-9A

Tue Apr 5 2011 - Brake lines

Wed Apr 6 2011 - Fabricating spacer washers

Sat Apr 9 2011 - Anodizing Sportsman 2+2 parts

Sun Apr 10 2011 - Anodizing Sportsman 2+2 (and RV) parts

Thu Apr 21 2011 - Brake lines

Tue Apr 26 2011 - Brake lines

Wed Apr 27 2011 - Parking brake fitting interference?

Sat Apr 30 2011 - Brake lines

Sun May 1 2011 - Brake lines

Sun May 8 2011 - Miscellaneous

Mon May 9 2011 - Parking brake fittings

Tue May 17 2011 - Brake lines

Wed May 18 2011 - Brake lines

Fri May 20 2011 - Sikaflex RV-9A canopy

Sun May 22 2011 - Firewall doubler for fuel lines

Mon May 23 2011 - Custom check valve

Tue May 31 2011 - Firewall fuel and purge lines

Sat Jun 11 2011 - Fuel lines

Fri Jun 17 2011 - Fuel lines

Sun Jun 19 2011 - Fuel lines

Sun Jul 3 2011 - Fuel lines

Fri Jul 8 2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135

Sun Jul 24 2011 - Oshkosh 2011

Mon Jul 25 2011 - Oshkosh 2011

Tue Jul 26 2011 - Oshkosh 2011

Wed Jul 27 2011 - Oshkosh 2011

Thu Jul 28 2011 - Oshkosh 2011

Fri Jul 29 2011 - Oshkosh 2011

Wed Aug 3 2011 - Brake lines

Thu Aug 4 2011 - Brake lines

Sat Aug 6 2011 - Brake lines

Sat Aug 13 2011 - Brake lines

Sun Aug 14 2011 - Brake lines

Tue Aug 16 2011 - Re-fitting sub floor panels

Sat Sep 17 2011 - Visiting Brent Owens' and Tom Thompson's projects

Tue Sep 20 2011 - Sub floor panel mods

Wed Sep 21 2011 - Sub floor panel mods

Thu Sep 22 2011 - Sub floor panel mods

Sat Sep 24 2011 - Firewall sub panel mods

Sun Sep 25 2011 - Sub floor panels

Mon Sep 26 2011 - Elevator pushrod boot

Tue Sep 27 2011 - Countersinking step plates

Wed Sep 28 2011 - Pitch trim placard

Sat Oct 1 2011 - Baggage floor toolbox, tiedown ring storage, and static line routing

Sun Oct 2 2011 - Baggage floor toolbox

Sun Oct 9 2011 - Interior paint color and priming toolbox

Mon Oct 10 2011 - Prepping for step installation

Tue Oct 11 2011 - Riveting steps

Wed Oct 12 2011 - Baggage toolbox latches

Thu Oct 13 2011 - Baggage floor toolbox

Sun Oct 16 2011 - Baggage floor toolbox finished

Mon Oct 17 2011 - Fuselage misc

Thu Oct 20 2011 - Misc fuselage work

Fri Oct 21 2011 - Stick boot rings

Sat Oct 22 2011 - Zenith 750 visit and stick boot rings

Sun Oct 23 2011 - Stick boot rings

Tue Oct 25 2011 - Zip tie mounts

Tue Nov 1 2011 - Smoke oil line

Wed Nov 2 2011 - Step mounting bolts and smoke oil line

Fri Nov 4 2011 - Tiedown ring storage mount

Sun Nov 6 2011 - Smoke oil line

Mon Nov 7 2011 - Smoke oil line

Tue Nov 8 2011 - Smoke oil line

Sat Nov 12 2011 - Smoke oil line

Mon Nov 14 2011 - Smoke oil line

Tue Nov 15 2011 - Smoke oil line

Sat Nov 19 2011 - Smoke oil and fuselage miscellaneous

Sat Dec 3 2011 - Elevator pushrod

Sun Dec 4 2011 - Elevator pushrod

Mon Dec 5 2011 - Elevator pushrod

Fri Dec 30 2011 - Over baggage lighting

Sun Jan 22 2012 - Elevator pushrod

Mon Jan 23 2012 - Smoke oil line

Tue Jan 24 2012 - Anodizing parts

Wed Jan 25 2012 - Anodizing and purge check valve

Thu Mar 8 2012 - Brake pedals and new job

Sat May 14 2016 - Crating airplane parts for move from OH to CA!

Wed Jun 29 2016 - More airplane crating

Sun Jul 10 2016 - The airplane settles into it's new home

Sun Sep 18 2016 - Uncrating the fuselage

Sun Nov 27 2016 - Finally back to work

Sun Dec 11 2016 - Working on seat floors

Tue Dec 13 2016 - Working on seat floors

Wed Dec 14 2016 - Working on floor panels

Sun Jan 1 2017 - Positioning seat backs

Mon Jan 2 2017 - Working in center tunnel cover

Tue Jan 3 2017 - Fabricating lower flap actuator channel bracket

Thu Jan 5 2017 - Fabricating lower flap actuator channel bracket

Sat Jan 7 2017 - Fabricating lower flap actuator channel bracket

Wed Feb 15 2017

Fri Mar 3 2017

Sat Mar 25 2017

Sat Jun 10 2017

Sat Jun 24 2017

Mon Jun 26 2017

Mon Jul 3 2017

Thu Jul 6 2017

Wed Jul 12 2017

Sat Jul 22 2017

Sun Jul 23 2017

Mon Jul 24 2017

Tue Jul 25 2017

Wed Jul 26 2017

Thu Jul 27 2017

Fri Jul 28 2017

Sat Jul 29 2017

Sun Aug 13 2017

Mon Aug 14 2017

Tue Aug 15 2017