Aft fuselage – a tale of deburring
..and today I have mostly been deburring, interspersed with a bit more deburring. When I said the elevators had a lot of parts, someone at Vans must have been having a right good giggle. The…
October 2017
Wing stands
Today I have mostly been making wing stands. Took the opportunity of good weather to get ready for the arrival of my QB wings which will ship imminently. Just need some carpet for the slings….
PA28 flying – video
While I’m building the 14 I have taken a share in a PA28 based up in Longside (EGPS) near Peterhead in the depths of NE Scotland. Longside was a Spitfire base during WW2 but now…
Aft fuselage 10-05 to 10-08
This section requires the VS (fin) to be retrieved from storage in order that the rear bulkheads can be aligned and some holes of varying diameters are match and final drilled through the bulkheads into…
Riveting…
Took a couple of photos for a fellow 14 builder today to show a couple of tips I discovered on the net when it comes to those first few nervous rivets. I scoured all the…
Aft fuselage 10-01 to 10-04
Right, here we go again. Plenty of parts to separate then deburr. The steel VS mounts have to be straightened using Van’s “whang” technique which involves putting the part in the vice, pre-loading and then…
Elevators finished
Finally finished the elevators. Just need to roll the leading edges and bolt on the counterbalance weights. The leading edge rolling went well and the skins are sitting nicely together. Using a Gorilla tape made…