I talked to Mark at CubCrafters and got some tips for deburring the match-drilled rib holes and installing the rivets straight. He advised that I use a doubled up Scotchbrite pad to debur the back ...

Today I continued working on section 8 of the manual1, installing the center ribs. I started by confirming that everything was installed in the correct place and that I wasn’t missing any steps her...

Riveting Blocks and Fittings I finally got to work on the plane again! It’s been a little while for a couple reasons. The first is that I’ve just been busy with other things going on in my life an...

Compression Tube Rivets To start, I heard back from Steve Michael, a previous CarbonCub builder who helps CubCrafters with build support, and he said that the rivets for the compression tubes look...

Today was another quick trip to the shop where Martha and I worked on getting everything a bit more organized and put away. We raised the tail fuselage rotator a bit more to get the plane closer to...

We ran out of time to get too much work done tonight but Craig did stop by to help Martha and I put the fuselage on the rotators. Per his suggestion we put the fuselage on a set of sawhorses to get...

I’m overdue for a build log entry/update so here’s what’s been going on the past couple weeks. Compression Tubes Most of my time has been spent in increments of 15-30 minutes looking at the rivet...

I emailed CubCrafters yesterday and received a response from Mark addressing my questions. Today I mostly did some followup work based on those answers. Drilling Out Tube Rivets This is where I s...

Rear Lift Strut Fittings A lot happened today. I received the correct AN6-20A bolts from CubCrafters at the end of last week so I started today by installing one in the necessary spot in the rear ...

Since I am still waiting on getting the correct AN6-20A bolt for the rear lift strut fitting I decided to do some more workshop setup today. I started by un-clamping and double checking the glued ...