Wings started
Fuselage delivered, fasteners organized, and lessons worth sharing.
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RV-12iS.
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// 2026
Sport pilot checkride passed
Three flight schools, 72.3 hours, and a 300nm XC to get it done.
Empennage complete
167 combined hours, one rattle can, and a garage to reclaim.
Tailcone priming & riveting
Shelby almost laps me on hours, and the priming finally clicks.
The paint scheme
Settled, rendered, and impatiently waiting to exist.
Tailcone deburring & the weight question
Big pieces, fiberglass dust, and running the W&B math early.
Stabilator troubles
A month away, a first solo, and the rivets that fought back.
Bites of the elephant
Rudder, stabilator, tailcone — and the process that ties it together.
First rivets
The vertical stabilizer is done. Cleco, uncleco, cleco, uncleco.
Back in full swing
A priming table, a paint scheme, and signing up for wrench school.
Administrative notes
No building this time — parts, payments, and plans.
Empennage arrival & first weekend
The kit shows up and the vertical stabilizer comes together.
Costs & hours
Exact numbers, updated as the build goes on.
We're building a plane
The first post for our RV-12iS