Finished Parts – Fred's Blog

Day 37 – Vertical stabilizer done!

Fred
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on Dec 01, 2022

After a long day of driving rivets, the vertical stabilizer is finally done! I was loathing having to “reach inside” to buck rivets into the stabilizer, but like many things, it was not so bad once I finally got started. The first challenge was riveting the skin to the middle in-spar rib. I called a […]

Day 14 – Rudder done!

Fred
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on Aug 18, 2022

Today is a great day! The first full part of my plane is built! After weeks of working, making mistakes, fixing them, I finally have something to show for all my hard work. Now that it is done, I have a new problem: Where do I store this part to keep it from being damaged […]