Holy Cow- It's been over a month since my last entry.

In the last month there was Christmas here in ICT, then in Missouri for a few days to see my mom and dad, then New Year, then I had to renew my CFII, then I had Covid. Yikes!

With all that going on, I really didn't have any big chunks of time to spend in the shop, but just a 1/2 hour here and there, which is absolutely the worst way for me to get anything done.

Having said that, I had a few hours yesterday and today, and was able to get the lower rudder fairing and the horizontal tip fairings trimmed and clecoed in place. The white fairings in the photos are old fiberglass that I inherited with the used empennage and wings that I bought, while the gray stuff is new from Vans. The finish is much smoother on the gray components, but It will all need some finish work eventually to make it fit right. I will likely leave everything in this configuration for a while and knock out all the fiberglass finish work at once.

Once that was done, I shifted gears and final drilled the slider track to the tailcone and temporarily attached with enough #6 screws hole it in place. I used the RV8 track which is longer, so that I can do the super tracks mod without having to make a 2 piece track. I haven't match drilled all the way to the aft end of the track yet because I'm not sure how much extra material I'll be able to cut off the aft end. I'll be able to do the final size/fit of this later after I do the rest of the super track install in a few days.