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Builder Name:Jeremy Williams   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-10   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:212.8
Start/Last Date:Feb 22, 2021 - No Finish Date
 
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Apr 02, 2024     Workshop Ongoing       Category: Workshop
So, workshop build is still ongoing, but (despite the picture showing an absolute carnage of mess) things are getting closer. I've got the parking bay (where that pesky boat will move forward into) walls sealed and concrete densified and sealed, as well as the studio all up and running for Amy. Remaining (major) things:
1. Seal walls of the shop area
2. Densify and seal concrete floors of shop area (probably gonna have to do this in two chunks, but we'll see how it goes).
3. Finish installing remaining 3 light fixtures, finish electric outlets in shop area
4. Move in the airplane parts
5. Continue building the plane
6. Engineer clever storage mechanism for future completed plane parts

For those interested, some products used:
-Wall sealer: General Finishes Gloss and Flat - We've been using a roller to apply this, we do a gloss coat first and then the flat-coat after. It's been a great product so far, goes on nicely, isn't much more expensive than the big-box store poly products and the performance is MUCH better (less drips, less entrained air bubbles, etc.)
-Concrete Densifier and Sealer: Using two products here, Ghostshield Lithi-tek 4500 (this is the densifier, I'm using it at half strength and applying with a low-pressure sprayer). Since this is slab on grade, the densifier should help a bit with potential freeze/thaw issues as well as getting a bit of additional hardness into the concrete. After 24hrs, I then apply two wet-on-wet coats coats of Ghostshield Siloxa-tek 8510 - let that dry down for an hour or so, and then wipe up any remaining wet product. The Siloxa-tek product is solvent-based and provides oil and water resistance. So far, it's been high-performing on the floors I've completed, but time will tell as to it's durability (but so far, the water is beading up as though it was a freshly waxed car - so that's a good sign). The other plus with this sealer (at least for me) is that it has zero surface modification (so no gloss, no loss in traction, etc).


 
Feb 01, 2024     Barn is getting really close to finished       Category: Workshop
Been a while since I've been working on the airplane…but…good news, solid progress has been made in barn-land. It's all under roof, HVAC is up and running, plumbing is running, and the electric finish out is under way. Probably a couple more months and the space will be finished and ready for plane building again


 
Nov 29, 2023     No -10 build progress, but the barn progress continues Category: Workshop
Barn is moving along nicely, we're all built at this point, fully insulated, and have electric service to the barn. Amy and I are now working on running all of the electric, building the interior walls, running HVAC, etc.
 
Oct 14, 2023     Laser Cut Parts Inventory and Inspection - (2 hours)       Category: Wings
With the updated Vans documentation on the laser cut parts, I went and dug out all of the various Wing parts and inspected those that were on 'the list'. And, thankfully, my kit was minimally impacted. As my Tail Kit was shipped on 4/6/21 and the first instance (documented, at least) of LCPs was 2/16/22, none of my empennage kit was impacted (which made that inventory really easy - and thankfully so, as most of my empennage is now assembled and I didn't think to take pictures of each part prior to working with it (maybe I should for the future parts)?

For the Wings, I discovered that I have the following parts of my Wing kit as LCP (laser cut parts):
W-1006F
T-1002
T-1005BC
A-710
W-1009-L/R-3

And, even luckier, of all those parts, only one is in the 'yellow' category (category key below), the only impacted part is W-1006F.

So, I'll consider myself quite lucky that I've been building slowly (helps to identify parts easier), and that I was minimally impacted.

Categories:
Red: Replacement Recommended
Yellow: Replacement Recommended
Blue: Acceptable for Use
Green: Acceptable for Use


 
Oct 14, 2023     Well, we finally decided to build the barn       Category: Workshop
After years of talking about it, Amy and I finally made the decision to build a hobby barn for the both of us! This will get me much more space to spread out with the plane build (though it will slow progress for a while here as the barn is being built), and gives us the chance to make Amy a dedicated studio space for her hobbies too! More to come, but build progress will slow for a bit (which, is probably OK as I'm getting dangerously close to the Laser Cut Parts portion of my Wing kit)


 
Sep 17, 2023     Deburring of tailcone continues - (1.5 hours) Category: Empennage
Deburred the longerons and a few of the J-channels. Longerons just need hole and the end of the L-stock deburred, the J-channel takes longer as I have to edge and hole debur it.

Was going to break up the monotony of deburring by shooting some primer today, but it ended up getting a tad too windy (luckily I realized that before I acid-etched everything)...oh well, maybe next time.
 
Sep 16, 2023     Deburring Tailcone - (2.7 hours) Category: Empennage
Well, these are going to be pretty boring updates for a while - lots of deburring to do. Did most of the bulkheads and small-parts of the tailcone in this session; that leaves the hole and edge deburring of the stiffeners, hole deburring of the longerons, and then the hole deburring of all the skins.
 
Sep 09, 2023     Tailcone disassembled - (1.5 hours) Category: Empennage
And just like that, the tailcone is back into a collection of all the parts. And now the deburring begins... So much deburring...
 
Sep 08, 2023     Tailcone finalization before disassembly - (0.5 hour) Category: Empennage
Took care of the last couple of things on the tailcone - fitting and final drilling the access cover plates, and double checking before I start disassembling it
 
Sep 04, 2023     Tailcone - nearing the finish of assembly round 1 - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Worked on finishing up some of the tailcone assembly items - clamped and drilled in the HS stabilizer piece as well as the elevator stop piece as well. Was thankful for my close-quarter angle-drill to get the #12 bit close enough to drill out the couple of end holes up against the vertical metal pieces for the HS.

After that, I removed the two top skins, then deburred and cleaned up the two rear seat-belt attach points, and then drilled those in with the #12 bit (also, finally had a use for the chunky clecos to hold those in position).

Just a few more things and then I have to start taking this monster apart. Note to self - order a primer that has a color you won't mind seeing in your tailcone.


 


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