Aft Deck Drilled (12/21/12)
3.0 Hours – With the fuselage right side up, I feel like I have a renewed energy for building. Fortunately, I also have a week and a half off work due to the Christmas and New Year holidays! I had...
View ArticleCanopy Deck Work (12/26/12)
2.5 Hours – I had a few home improvement tasks to complete before I could work on the plane today, but I still managed to get a couple of hours of airplane building in. I only quit when I did because...
View ArticleForward Gusset and Canopy Decks Continued (12/30/12)
3.0 Hours – Today, I started off by riveting the forward fuselage gussets to the longerons and upper firewall angle. Most of the rivets could be reached with my squeezer, but a few had to be...
View ArticleAft Canopy Decks Drilled and Trimmed (1/29/12)
2.5 Hours – When I went back into the garage today, the first thing I did was to double-check the curve in the longerons against both the paper template and the F-721B aft canopy decks. Both longerons...
View ArticleForward Gusset and Canopy Deck Work (12/29/12)
2.8 Hours – The F-695 forward fuselage gussets were next on my to-do list. The gussets are cut to size and have a slight bend placed on one side at the factory. I was left to fine tune the fit and...
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