Today Craig and I worked on installing the rear spar reinforcement cap per section 191 of the wing manual. This is an 1/8” strip of aluminum that is riveted to the top of the rear spar just to the ...

The plan for today was for Craig to come over with the jig he made to try to help remove the problematic rivet from the front pulley bracket. My grandfather and I had a bit of time while we were wa...

My grandfather came in to visit for the weekend and we got to work on the plane together some which was awesome! Since we were still waiting to be able to remove the rivet from the wing we decided ...

Good news first - I talked to Pete at CubCrafters about the scrape to the spar. He said that he would buff the scrape out more but that it looked completely fine to him and that I don’t need to rep...

I haven’t gotten a lot done on my build the past couple weeks because I was working with Craig to get his plane caught up with mine and then get it a little farther ahead (all the way through insta...

Trammeling Craig came back today to help finish up the steps we mostly completed yesterday and to get a bit more done. We started by adding Loctite 721 to each of the jam nuts on the drag wires an...

Trammeling Today Craig came by to help me with the wing build and we mostly tackled section 151 of the manual which involves squaring (trammeling) the wing. This is a critical step because it affe...

Today I completed the installation of the machined tail ribs on the left wing. These ribs provide 2 of the 3 mounting points for the ailerons (the ends of the ailerons are mounted to them - a cente...

Fuel Tank Straps Today I started by installing the felt pieces on the fuel tank straps where they will contact the fuel tanks. I cut the felt strips to the lengths specified in the manual and cent...

Organizing Before I got started really working on the plane today Alex and Dorthy came over to see the project and Alex helped me move some stuff around. I was able to put the struts and interior ...