Fuselage – Page 3 – Builder's Log

Parts is Parts

Remade a part today. The F-1012D Up Elevator Stop. Why? Well, there are two very similar parts to make from

It was a fairly warm day at the hangar today, but super windy, so I had to close the hangar

Just a couple of hours in the shop today. Riveted together the pieces of the large bulkheads that I could.

There’s going to be a lot of boring variations on a theme coming up. Today’s work was spent prepping the

Boring entry of deburring bottom skin edge and stiffener edges and holes. Then a bunch of dimpling and priming.

Riveting together the smaller bulkheads and accompanying pieces that go to the aft end of the tailcone. Required the use

A mixed bag of deburring, countersinking, priming, and riveting nutplates today on some tailcone parts. The nutplates are literally mixed

Next step in the plans was to attach the shoulder harness anchors (F-636) to the longerons, but I had to

A lot of drilling today. All the final size drilling, that is still required, was done… on the new RV-10

But this taxi test doesn’t really count… took the tailcone out to get some fresh air and cool shots just