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Avionics
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Empennage
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Empennage Tech...
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A big update!...
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Finishing the trim...
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Elevators Odds n Ends
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Finishing the right...
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Back to the Right...
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Final riveting of...
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Trim tab kicking my...
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Simple task takes...
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Finish rolling...
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Back to working on...
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The struggle is real!
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Building out the...
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Back to the trim tab
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More edge rolling
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Rolling the LE...
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Trim tab madness!
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Shortest workday ever
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Finishing up...
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Start closing up...
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Going to plan B,...
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Bending the trim tab
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Final empennage...
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Prep work on Elec...
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Work on elevator...
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Work on electric...
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Prepping for the...
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Finishing up left...
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Finishing prep for...
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Prep for paint and...
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More prep work left...
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Continuing on left...
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Back to the left...
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Right Elevator...
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Final assembly and...
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R elevator sub...
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Final R elevator...
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It's been a while......
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Right elevator work,...
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On to the right...
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Continued work on...
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More work on R/L...
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Starting on the...
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Vertical Stabilizer...
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VS prep and paint,...
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Getting back on the...
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Finished mocking up VS
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More work on the VS
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Back to Work/Start...
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Horizontal Stabilzer...
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Horizontal Stab...
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Finishing up before...
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Riveting a few...
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Time to rivet some...
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A few small tasks...
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3.5 hours to set 12...
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Getting Better at...
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Finishing the front...
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My enemy, the driven...
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Front HS Spar Continued
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Rear Spar finished,...
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Two months of...
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Final assembly of...
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Parts Primed
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Lots of scrubbing...
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Back after a long break
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Slow progress, big...
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On to the right side HS
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Prep and paint Left...
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Finishing the left...
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HS Stab Work Continues
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Quick work on rib prep
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More HS skeleton work
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New Parts Arrived...
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Sorting HS parts and...
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Quick simple and...
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Notching the spars
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Agonizing over a...
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New parts in, build on!
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Forward HS Spar work
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Forward HS Spar work
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More work on rear HS...
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Drilled the center...
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Quick work, added...
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Starting on the...
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Final bits of rudder...
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Time to close up the...
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The big roll begins!
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Riveted remaining...
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First tech inspection
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Finished one side of...
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Start of final...
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Lower Rudder...
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Paint prep and...
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New Parts Arrived
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Waiting for new parts
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Rudder Skeleton and...
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Rudder tip rib and...
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Time for the big...
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Riveted remainder of...
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More prep and paint
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First Rivets!
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Time for paint
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Back at it, first...
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More Rudder Skeleton
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Rudder Skeleton
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Rudder cont.
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Finally under way!
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Kit Inventory
Engine
Firewall
Fuel System
Fuselage
Inspection
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Horizontal Stab tech...
Instrument Panel
Interior Finish
Landing Gear
Lighting
Misc
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Parts Finally!
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New Parts on the...
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Still not much to...
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Two months later,...
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Vans is bankrupt.......
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Vans is in trouble....
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Practice Makes...
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Misc 1
Paint / Decals
Propeller
Research
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Homebuilder's Mecca,...
Tools
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Prep for Rudder...
Wings
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Not much to report -...
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It's been a while!
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Prep work on right...
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Organizing the wing...
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Starting on wings
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Wing Kit Inventory
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Wing Kit Arrival
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More delays for the...
Workshop
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Reconfigure for Wings
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Wing kit inventory...
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Moved everything...
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Paint Booth
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Shop Setup
Builder Name:
Mike Guenthner
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Project:
Vans - RV-8
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Total Hours:
460.2
Start/Last Date:
May 01, 2019 - No Finish Date
Friendly URL:
https://eaabuilderslog.org?s=Mike
Home or Last Project Picture
Nov 03, 2020
Riveted remaining side of rudder skin
- (2 hours)
Category: Empennage
Riveted the other side of the rudder skin to the rudder spar. Nothing special here, just more use of the pneumatic squeezer to get most of the rivets set, few needed a hand squeezer.
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