Front Lift Strut Fitting Today I began by installing the rear lift strut fitting. This was the final piece to do for section 4 of the manual1. I followed the exact same process as I did for the fr...

Hinge Blocks I started this work session by installing the hinge blocks on the rear spar. The manual1 instructed that you use the same process as you did for the front spar so I reamed the first a...

Reaming Followup Update on the hinge block reaming from the previous entry: after much back and forth with CubCrafters and other builders it was determined that the reaming of the 5/16” holes was ...

Today I worked on reaming the spar hinge blocks. I did this per the manual’s instructions1 and clamped the hinge blocks between a couple pieces of scrap wood on the workbench so that I could focus ...

Today I finally got to make some progress on the plane that was not just unpacking related! I decided to start the build with the left wing since the wings are generally the recommended starting po...

This is a quick post today. A few backordered parts arrived from CubCrafters via UPS today so I spent a few minutes checking them off on the packing slips and putting them away in the appropriate p...

I had all day today to work on the plane so I was finally able to finish unpacking everything and taking inventory. There are still a few small parts that I don’t have but I’m supposed to receive a...

This post needs to be prefaced by saying that the CarbonCub kit comes packaged very well and that CubCrafters obviously works very hard to ensure that noting is damaged during shipping. That being ...

This evening after work I started unpacking the kit. I decided to open up all the boxes and do a complete inventory based on Dave Embry’s suggestion in his build tips. This also seemed like a good ...

Aftercooler The first thing I finished up today was getting the aftercooler hooked up to the compressor. An aftercooler is just a cooler that cools the air after it has been compressed. This is ne...