I did not do any airplane work from early April until Oshkosh. 4 months shot. I have to say I came pretty close to giving up on the project. Too many issues the last 4 months to deal with. But, I have survived and am back on track.
Since Oshkosh I have made some headway with skinning the tail cone. I ran out of Clecos and ordered 200 more. When those ran out Dan brought over 150 more. (Airplane ate all those too.)
All I have left to do prior to riveting is the usual deburing, edge cleaning, dimpling, and corrosion protection. Should take a good chunk of September. Then another month to rivet up the assembly.
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| Working on the tail cone. |
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| Passenger side skin. |
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| Wood frame to strengthen bulkheads when I put motorcycle straps around the skins. |
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| Inside the tail cone. Looks like a nice place to take a nap. |
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| Securing the skins over the bulkheads. |
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| Looking more "plane" like. |
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| Maybe kind of like a porcupine. |
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| Marking for adjustments. |
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| I'm in deep thought. |
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| Most of the Clecos are in place. |
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| Now it is the end of August. |
So I put 120 hours into the plane in the month of August. She is still not on the gear. Getting closer.
GoPros (Silver and Black Editions) are on sale now for your maiden flight. If you order through Cabella's (Black Edition) you get free shipping and $30 store credit on your next store purchase. Not sure how much credit on the Silver. Yes, I'm tempted too. Hmmm.
ReplyDelete-Scott
Scott,
ReplyDeleteMy maiden flight is months if not years away. As much as I am tempted I think I will wait for now. Technology changes so fast by the time I get a GoPro it will be even better. I was very impressed by all the GoPro action on the jumbo-trons at Oshkosh this year.
Later,
Brian