Cross-cutting tag. Entries here can live in different folders.
The empennage is done! Well, mostly. There's about an hour left on the stabilator fairing, and I'm saving the VS and rudder fairings and all the mounting hardware for final assembly, since the empennage won't fit in my…
Another 23 hours combined this weekend (8 for me, 15 for Shelby). She almost lapped me in hours with all the deburring. Deburring, cleaning, etching, priming
Another 13 hours combined this weekend (5.5 for me, 7.5 for Shelby). Tailcone deburring
It's been over a month since the last update. Not much has changed on the build, but a lot has happened. Flight training
We've made a lot more progress. It doesn't look like much because we're priming everything, but it's one more bite of the elephant. Our process
Another 5 hours each on the empennage. Mistakes happen
It's been a while since an update. Between the basement remodel, family visiting, and flight lessons, the build took a back seat for a few weeks. We're back in full swing now. Another 6.5 hours for me, 8 hours for Shelb…
Kit arrival The empennage arrived on Thursday, February 26. Pretty quick shipping from Vans — the kit tracker estimated it would ship on 2/12 and I got the ABF Freight pickup email on 2/17. Shipping came to $947.