I started riveting the tailcone skins this evening. I hadn’t yet riveted the nutplates into place for the elevator access covers so I completed those first. I am back-riveting as much as possible. I used some carpet remnants to support… Read More »Tailcone Bottom Stiffener Riveting
I started to work on tailcone riveting this evening. I completed the riveting of elevator bellcrank/battery mount assembly but I didn’t rivet the battery brackets into place yet. I plan to use an EarthX battery so I’ll likely need to… Read More »Tailcone Bulkhead Riveting
I went ahead and drilled the #12 hole in the elevator bell crank for the Garmin pitch servo before riveting the parts together. This allowed me to deburr the holes between the two halves before riveting. I clecoed the parts… Read More »Elevator Bell Crank Riveting
I washed, etched, rinsed, and primed the tailcone side skins and bottom skin today. The right skin came out perfectly. The left skin ended up with some roughness on the second pass (dry overspray from too much air vs. paint… Read More »Tailcone Skins Primed
I got started on prepping and priming tailcone parts today. Clean, etch, rinse, dry, prime, repeat. I separated the symmetrical parts from those that can only fit one way. These need remarked at each stage to make sure they are… Read More »Priming Tailcone Parts
I started dimpling the tailcone skins today. Lots of dimples. One area of confusion I encountered in the plans is whether to dimple the forward-most holes on the side skins that align with the front ends of the j-channels. The… Read More »Tailcone Skin Dimpling
I deburred, marked, and completed the countersinking of the necessary holes on the tailcone longerons. These are now ready for etching and priming.
We did some traveling over spring break and got back to work on the plane today. We’re still on page 10-16 but we’re slowly getting closer to priming. Amber has helped me deburr which has sped up the process significantly.… Read More »Tailcone Deburring Complete
I continued with prepping tailcone parts for priming. I deburred and countersunk the rudder stop brace… I deburred and countersunk the tie down bar… I deburred and dimpled the elevator access covers… I scuffed the attachment surface for the static… Read More »Tailcone Deburring Continued
This log entry includes work from multiple small work sessions. My order for a 6″ #13 drill bit arrived so I finished up the remaining AN3 bolt holes on the aft deck (drilled to #13, reamed to 3/16″). At this… Read More »Tailcone Disassembly and Deburring
