Back after a little break with some small amount of wing building. We had a new floor put down in our living room and we needed the garage space for furniture so I had to break everything down, put things…
Some Interesting Stats
This month’s issue of Kit Planes has a directory of kit planes including stats on the 750: Time to buold: 350 hrs Estimated completed cost: $38-65K No completed and flown: 45 Maybe I am further along than I thought.
100 Hours
Somewhat coincidentally, the finishing of the tail came at 100 hours into the project. So far I have completed: the rudder the horizontal stabilizer the elevator the slats the flaperons and have started on the wings by assembling the slat…
Day 68: Elevator Finished (Again), Wing Spars (45 m)
Really not much to say here, I re-attached the elevator skins to the spar and riveted. This completes the elevator, again. Hopefully this is ok now though I wonder if this time around is any better than my original attempt.…
Day 67: Completed nose ribs, back to the tail (1hr 50m)
First step to finishing the nose rib assembly is to open the holes for an A4 rivet. And then there is the deburring, always with the deburring. I still find a twist of a drill bit the most effective method.…
Day 66: Nose Ribs and Slat Supports (1hr 15m)
Last we left, I had a bunch of l-angles cut, drilled and snipped so that I could bend them around the edge of the l-angles to make a nice curved strip. It took a bit to get the hang of…