The Mission:

I am building an airplane. I really can't tell you how weird it sounds to me to hear those words in my head as I type. I am keeping this blog as an adjunct to my written log, which is required to comply with FAA requirements for Experimental Aircraft construction. My son Doug is my partner in this project. There are two goals: to build the best, safest, and yes, COOLEST, airplane we can, and to allow Doug to acquire some truly awesome experiences, not to mention building skills. Thanks for viewing.



How to use this blog

The most current post is displayed on this opening page. To access the older posts, click on the "Blog Archive" on the right hand side. The drop down menu is arranged by the month and lists the posts, by title and by date posted, in reverse chronological order.

I will arrange the hypertext links to other websites I find interesting better some day, but they are at the bottom.

If you navigate to my first post, there is a link to my luthiery pages. I miss working with wood. Aluminum is nice, but it's boring. Give me a highly figured maple any day!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Some progress on the left wing

Rear spar doubling plates.  The blue tape is to keep me from putting rivets where they aren't supposed to be (yet).



The "shop".  Formerly the third bay of the garage.


Starting to look "wing-like"

I love Doug's eye for details like this.  A view down the lightening holes in the ribs

I spent some time finishing the frame the wing hangs in while the internal bracing is completed.  Doug and I finished the rear spar, and would have finished the main spar, except we broke all three of our #40 pilot 3/32 countersink cutting drills.  Oh well.  At least we can proceed with prepping the ribs and priming them this weekend.  I let Doug do the photography this time.  I think he does a better job (see second to last photo, above)
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