John's RV-9A Builder Log

Found all the parts to the VS…I had completed all preliminary work last year, so I riveted the stiffeners tio the skins, match-drilled and dimpled skins to skeleton, and final-riveted the entire piece together, up to the rear spar, whichj I left clecoed. I need to decide which wires to run, and until I do [...]

What a great weekend!

Yesterday, I spent 2 1/2 hours with Mick riveting the skin to the horizontal stabilizer (all except the rear spar), then George Kim joined me for 30 minutes while we did one half of the spar.

Today, Ben and I finished the rear spar and elevator bracket! The picture I took was overexposed, [...]

Reassembled the left half of the horizontal stabilizer Friday night in preparation for riveting.

Riveted the nose ribs myself with only the usual issue for nose ribs: how to get a bucking bar in there. I used the yoke from my squeezer which suited the purpose as well as anything. Then I partly assembeled the main [...]

Spent an hour this morning prepping two ribs that were replacements: one had three spar rivets drilled out, and had its holes w-a-a-y enlarged too much. The other was the victim of the dreaded squeezer-yips when dimpling (resulting in a double hole).

Both replacements have been drilled, deburred, scotchbrited, dimpled, primed and are awaiting installation.

Disassembled, deburred, dimpled and countersunk vertical stabilizer. All that remains is dimple-tabling the interior skin holes, priming and riveting…my guess is about three hours remain.