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It’s Been A While…
It’s been nearly two years since I last updated this site! Holy moly! A lot has happened in that time, both with the airplane and in life. If you’ve been following my Instagram account, you’re a little more up-to-date than…
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DIY Spray Booth
While waiting on the fuselage to be delivered, I took the opportunity to clean the garage/workspace, organize my tools, and tackle some other tasks around the house that I didn’t want to be bothered with while I was working on…
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Empennage Completion
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve made a post so to make up for it I’m including lots of pictures because, well…lots of words are boring. Something about the holidays makes me want to be unproductive in all manner…
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Changing up the Primer Game
Nothing is as hotly-debated in the amateur homebuilt world as to whether or not to prime. In fact, my very first call to the Vans builder support line was about whether or not to prime, and what primer to use.…
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I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
W. Edwards Deming is credited with the phrase: “If you can’t describe what you’re doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” Well, when it comes to building an airplane I don’t know what I’m doing. I do…
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Shop Setup: Air Compressor and Dryer
As have many other builders, I am choosing to build the majority of this RV-14A in my shop (otherwise known as my two-car garage) rather than a hangar. The reason for this decision is based largely on necessity and –…
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Empennage kit ordered!
Two big things have happened recently: the N-number I hoped for (N437EC) was reserved successfully and the RV-14A empennage kit has been ordered from Vans Aircraft and will arrive in a couple of weeks! Had it not been for the…
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It Must Be Worth Doing
If it scares you it must be worth doing, right? In my 37 trips around the sun I’ve done many things that made me uncomfortable. I’ve lived in a travel trailer under a bridge (long story) and I’ve wade fished…
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The Start of an Obsession
"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return." I hesitate to call them "goals" because they were never something…
