Today was priming day. Unlike last time, I grossly underestimated the amount if primer I needed and wound up having to refill twice!

I’m going to stop being so stingy. My time is more valuable than the primer. This should be my second to last priming session. I will have to do a mini session for the trim tab. I have a 5 day weekend for the forth of July. I’m planning to finish the elevators and get a good start on the trim tab. Wings should ship in about six weeks.

A few before and after photos below:

John Raffensparger, the EAA tech counselor for Chapter 1384 came by yesterday evening to inspect my work on the empennage.  Everything looks in order and he said my riveting looked really good.  He also like the repairs I’d done in a few places.  Its very reassuring to know that I’m doing it correctly.

I fiddled with the pop rivet puller and got it working again. The internal mechanism is off center, and frequently sticks for this reason. I’ll replace it soon. With it temporarily working again, I was able to finish all the dimpling on both the skins and the skeleton. I need to prep the trim servo and then it will be final priming time. I’ve decided to prime one more time for the remaining trim tab areas.