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!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Horizontal and vertical stabilizers are on

Doug on the grinding wheel, finishing a seat back reinforcement

Vertical stabilizer, mounted but not yet bolted

View from aft and port side

Right wing showing flap and aileron

Another view of the empennage

Doug and I worked on the horizontal stabilizer and got it to mount very true and square (we were within 1/8th inch of perfect symmetry wing tip to firewall comparing right and left horizontal stabs).  We then mounted the vertical stabilizer, and it looks pretty good too.  We didn't get the bolts on the vertical yet.  That will have to wait until tomorrow.  Progress is good on the seat backs, the bell crank for the elevator and sundry other sub assemblies.  We are entering the "it never ends" part of the build
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