Over the weekend of October 22nd, Teri and I spent a day at the Copper State Fly In in Casa Grande, Arizona. We had a pretty good day walking the flight line, talking to vendors, taking in a workshop and…
Day 65: Wings! (30m)
No, I did not complete the wings in 30 minutes, but I have drawn first blood, as it were, on the wings kit (though now I think about it I did cut myself in the process). I had taken the…
Day 64: New Nose Skin Number 2 (1 hr)
A couple of work trips to London and San Francisco plus temps in the 110s meant new motivation to work on the plane for a while. But I am anxious to get the wings out of the box so I…
Day 63: New Nose Skin Number 1 (1h 30m)
Today I drilled holes in the first nose skin to match the existing ones in the spar and ribs. I deburred the holes and then drew a line 10mm from the edge of the holes and used the snips to…
Day 62: Removing Elevator Nose Skins (1hr 15m)
Nothing to say here really other than I am getting quite good at taking out rivets. Knock out the core with a punch, drill out the head, rinse and repeat. Nose skins are removed, new ones are here, will see…
Day 61: Complete Flaperons Repairs (2 hr)
During the week, a new box arrived from Zenith: This box contained my replacement nose skins for the horizontal tail: And some 3-way LED lights for the wing tips. These lights can do the strobes, the nav lights, and position…