Rails Riveting, Conduit, Static Line, Firewall Attach

April 18th and 25th, May 2nd 24h

Foot Step & firewall with Sealant Continue

March 28th, April 4th & 11th 24h

Fuselage Riveting

Feb 28th, 8h

Foot Step, Baggage Compartment, Stiffeners

January 24th and 31st, Feb 6th and 14th 2021, 32h

Fuselage Top Skins

January 10th & 17th 2021, 16h

The fuselage Deck and Side Rails

January 3rd 2021, 3h

After some time of traveling in Arizona and Utah, I am excited to continue working on the plane.

I started by leveling (ah it was perfect!), then drilling and prepping the fuselage deck.

Then I proceeded with the side rails: drilling, fitting and prepping for riveting

The fuselage stand

December 13th, 4h

To level the fuselage, we needed to build some sawhorses that are better than the quick and dirty solution we put together to flip the canoe.

After we build the sawhorses, we started the level process. Well, we did not need to do much, it was perfect, everywhere.

Riveting the mid and forward fuselage

November 28th, December 6th, 12th, 24h

We proceeded with riveting. It was lot of riveting done in few days, and the result is rewarding. Following are some pictures showing the progress. We riveted all, at the exception of the firewall, which we left until we attach the noise.

Then we flipped the canoe. This part was fun. I can not wait to sit inside the fuselage,.

The laundry list

October 11th, 18th, 25th, November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd 52h

The laundry list was long: taking everything down, deburring, smoothing the edges, dimpling, countersinking and priming.

After all this prep, it is time to rivet and put the fuselage together. So, we clikoed the fuselage, back together, we are ready for riveting.

Pedals & more forward fuselage

September 27th & October er 4th, 16h

Working on the pedals was lot of fun, some moving parts!

It took a couple days to assemble and instal the pedals, as the fitting was tricky and we wanted to enable few positions.

Then I went ahead installing the top stiffeners, the final step before bringing everything down.