Build Log
All things build related
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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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Forward Fuse Lower Structure
This update is all about the forward fuselage lower structure, incorrect rivet call-outs in the plans, and that friggin’ sticky tank sealant! No matter how many times I use it, or how much care I take it keeping the workspace…
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Mid Fuselage Lower Structure
Lots of work for this update. Lots and lots of riveting, some nail-biting cutting, and a stupid mistake. First, the mistake. The control stick mounts to a bearing bracket that also acts as a control stop. The parts are identical…
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Fuselage Kit Arrives!
Well the long-awaited day has arrived: the fuselage kit was delivered! That joyous moment was ruined, however, when XPO Logistics delivered this: Once the ratchet strap was removed the crate basically fell apart and I was left with the task…
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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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Airplane Parts, Assemble!
Now that most of the parts have been primed it’s finally time to get to the fun part: assembly! I only got a couple of hours in tonight, but that was enough to get the bulkheads and one of the…
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Prime Day!
Prime day, indeed. But not the fun, frivolous-crap-arriving-at-your-door Amazon kind of prime day. Nay, this is the kind of soul crushing, toxic fume huffing, sweat lodge treatment you can only get from a full 10-hr day of priming in the…
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Holy Deburring, Batman!
Not a whole lot of progress today. Some more fitting of parts, some deburring, etc. Nothing really exciting. My initial feeling is that this part of the build is going to go quickly; it’ll be interesting to look back on…
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Aft Fuselage Begins
With the elevators all but finished, save the twelve blind rivets I’m going to have to install on the bottom of the left and right skins, I started on the aft fuselage. Right off the bat, the plans have you…
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A Word of Caution on the Elevators
WARNING: READ THIS POST BEFORE INSTALLING THE FOAM RIBS. The elevators have been an exercise in patience (I’ll expand on that in a later post). I’m 69.5 hours in and all that’s left to do is roll and close the…
