2 hours.
\nThat’s a guesstimate, since I did a few little things over the last week. I started a new job last Monday, and the hours are usually 10-7, so I have some time to build in the mornings. The weekend was spent moving the wings into the garage, and rearranging the fuse so I have more room to work on it. I moved my rollaway toolbox and saw\/grinder table into the shop as well, and I was able to unpack my ‘survival kit,’ that being all the tools I had crammed into my small toolbox to do the work on the wings. All the tools are now back in the rollie, and it’s nice not to have to dig for things I know are there or make trips back and forth to the garage when I want to scotchbrite-wheel or bandsaw something. What I managed to do on the actual airplane was rivet the elevator bellcrank and install it in the aft fuse. I also got some work done on the seat backs, like cutting the angle metal and finding all the parts I’ll need to fabricate the assembly. The process just got a little more interesting. Since I got the quickbuild kit, I essentially skipped right over the transition phase from handholding to here’s-the-plans-get-on-it. In a way it simplifies things a bit, because at this point, the construction manual pretty much just tells you to look at a drawing, make or prep all the parts on it, and go to town. Drawings, I get.
\nAnother thing that was interesting is how low the part count seems when you take out all the bagged and boxed items necessary for things like seat belt cables, brake cylinders, trim servos, and other things I tend to categorize as ‘fiddly bits’ at the moment. Now, at this point, I think I’m going to take another non-build day and organize all the various bits and pieces like I should have done when I got the kit. I marked it all off on the packing list, but I did not build a bunch of shelves and drawers and file everything. I’m going to do this as soon as I can, because if I have to sort through a bunch of undifferentiated stamped aluminum bits to find what I’m looking for, I’m going to get cranky. I think the best way to organize all this stuff is by drawing number, if possible. I’ll have to work out a good methodology for it this weekend. Shelley’s parents are in town so I probably won’t get to build much, but I might get an hour or two somewhere.
\nProbably what’ll happen is I’ll get the seat backs and elevator pushrods prepped, then set it all aside for a paint morning, but before that, I have to cut down the sawhorses to lower the plane to working height.
\nI’ll shoot some pics of the shop next chance I get, maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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