Horizontal Stab 20 (6.5 hrs)
Previously, I'd completed riveting the rear spar and front spar assembly. After three weeks without touching the kit, I came into the weekend with one goal
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Tools
Tooling, shop setup, workbench decisions, and equipment notes from the build.
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Ailerons 18 (2.0 hr)
Builder log detailing the installation of bell cranks and other miscellaneous tasks on a Van's Aircraft RV-8 Kitbuilt airplane.
Horizontal Stab 5 (1.75 hrs)
I got a bunch of stuff done this weekend, and a tiny little bit done on the plane too. First, tools! My shipment from Avery arrived... I now have everythin
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- Tool List (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- EAA Tech Counselor Pre-build Meeting (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- Pneumatic Squeezer with 4 yokes... $375!!! (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- C-Frame, 3x Rivet Gun & more...$100 (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- Empennage Kit & Tools (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- Shop Setup (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- Empennage purchased! (0 hrs) No hours recorded
- New Tools No hours recorded
- Horizontal Stab 5 (1.75 hrs) Build 2 hrs
- Horizontal Stab 20 (6.5 hrs) Build 6.5 hrs
- Back Riveting Setup No hours recorded
- Workbench Improvement No hours recorded
- New Tools from Harbor Freight No hours recorded
- New Tools No hours recorded
- Makeshift wing jacks No hours recorded
- Wing cradle No hours recorded
- Ailerons 18 (2.0 hr) Build 2 hrs