Hiatus
After reaching a significant milestone at work, as well as experiencing burnout at a couple of crazy startups over the last four years, I decided it was time to quit my job and take the summer off. It was time to correct a work life imbalance that’s been building and building and has recently become…
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 of mid-fuselage seat ribs have been prepped, assembled, and installed on the spar. Everything went very well. This set of ribs is almost complete, there is still another pair of outboard ribs that need to…
Remaining Mid-Fuse Bulkheads
Work done on Sat 25 Mar and Sun 26 Mar 2023. Finished the last two mid-fuse bulkheads. Pretty straightforward. The usual parts prep — lots of deburring. Only a little final size drilling. A little bit of countersinking. Then primed the parts. I was able to do most of the riveting with the pneumatic squeezer…
Mid Spar Aft Portion Assembly Complete
Work done on Sat 18 Mar 2023 and Sun 19 Mar 2023. Finished preparing all the parts for assembly onto the Aft Portion of the Mid Spar. This included all the missed match drilling, edge deburring, hole deburring and priming. Then got everything re-assembled and riveted! Easier access to have the manufactured heads on the…
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About Me
Hi, I’m Chris. I’ve been a private pilot since 2007, and an airplane owner since 2014. I am based out of Livermore, California. I have been wanting to build a kit airplane for several years. Finally, in late 2020, I placed an order to Van’s Aircraft for an RV-10 empennage kit. This blog will document the highlights, and perhaps also the lowlights, in the build process.
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