Fuselage – Builder's Log

Mid-Fuse Ribs, First Set Started

Log hasn’t been updated in a while, but there’s been steady progress over the last three weekends. The first set

Work done on Sat 25 Mar and Sun 26 Mar 2023. Finished the last two mid-fuse bulkheads. Pretty straightforward. The

Work done on Sat 18 Mar 2023 and Sun 19 Mar 2023. Finished preparing all the parts for assembly onto

This entry is for work done on both Saturday and Sunday. Dug into the fuselage kit. I’m not going to

The big 544 pound fuselage kit box arrived on Friday! Got here 2 days after it left Van’s factory in

Took it a little easy on the build this month so I could focus on preparing, interviewing and ultimately accepting

Started by drilling out and replacing some rivets in the bottom skin that were either grossly overdriven or bent/sheared. Then

Finished riveting the left side tailcone skin to the stiffeners, frames and bulkheads. All within reach with my little stepladder.

Started riveting a little more of the left tailcone to the stiffeners. Pretty much did the top row, then moved

Went to the hangar for a couple hours of working on the plane. Started by dimpling the nut plate rivet