Van's RV-9A in Aurora

The Big Picture

The Big Picture
Flying! 8/28/2011

Friday, May 15, 2009

4.3 hrs 23 rivets
Finish riveting nose rib assemblies to left flap spar.
Cleco and start riveting main ribs to left spar. Need to keep up the pace on the flaps so I can get them into storage.



Continued unpacking fuselage. The shipping crate is now empty. The cat will be upset when I tear it down. She spent the past two days in that crate, waiting for me to come home and play with the packing paper.







Started checking the inventory. Got about half of the loose subkits checked and stored. Some of larger pieces will have to live inside until needed, nothing like airplane skins scattered around the house. And I wanted to keep the steel gear legs inside to minimize moisture exposure, yeah, that's it!

So far nothing missing. All the big items seem appear to be there. It's a marvel how they pack all those subkits into one box. Haven't even opened the sub-box that has all the small subkits. That's going to take a couple of days.




Thursday, 5/14/09
.7 hrs 20 rivets
Did a little bit before going to work. Finished riveting right nose rib assemblies.



Cleco nose rib assemblies to left spar and start riveting.