Section 26 – priming complete
It took all weekend but thank goodness this part is over. The new spray booth was great even though it was nearly destroyed in storm Harry/Henrietta/whatever earlier in the week. The small parts are a…
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Section 26-09
I eventually found the VA-146 bearing in bag 3076 should you be interested. The flange has to be trimmed so I cut a slot in a piece of ply and then cleco’d the bearing to…
Section 26 – dimpling
Today, I have been mostly dimpling. The centre bottom skin requires a lot of dimpling and there are differences between the nose wheel and taildragger variants. For the tricycle version the gear will mount through…
Section 26 – gear brace bars
Gear brace bars and brackets dimpled and countersunk. I think the drawings are a little misleading here and you have to be careful to read the instructions carefully as the diagram could lead you to…
New spray booth
Some call it a gazebo, I call it less Smoke Grey dust in the workshop. Time now to get on with building again. Protective polystyrene, plastic sheets and ventilation fitted. All of Section 26 parts…
Still on Section 26 – priming mountain
Not a great deal of progress to report due to that annoying nuisance of work but also the huge priming hurdle that needs to be jumped to get to the construction stage. Everything in Section…
A bit of RV inspiration
Was lucky to be invited to the Carrickmore Fly-in by a friend of mine who is an RV-6 owner. Tricky runway to land on being only 5m wide with a decent crosswind. I don’t think…
Section 26 – still deburring
Nearly there, the pile on the right is definitely smaller…isn’t it?
Section 26 – Mid Fuselage Lower Structure
Deburring, and more deburring. Trying to get everything prepped in one go. Took me 2 hours to find the step reinforcements (they are in a small box) which I am going to fit! Spoke to…
Fuselage 25-05 to 25-06
Finished bolting and riveting the cover ribs to the bulkheads. Most of the rivets could be reached with the squeezer with a combination of longeron yoke and 3″ yoke. The others I had to set…