2004 Flight from KKLS

2004 Flight from KKLS
This photo is from when I was flying the airplane out of Longview, WA. This was taken early in the morning..

RV-6 #25188 in flight

RV-6 #25188 in flight
Doug Eves sent this photo of the Ol' girl in flight. Taken from the ground, this is a great shot. You can see he is "relaxing" in his office in the sky...

Monday, April 14, 2014

Doing a lot of small jobs

It's been a month since the last post. Now that the fuse is out of the jig, I have been getting a lot of clean up jobs done before I can tackle the next big job which is mount the horz stab.
I have squeezed all the rivets on the longeron that I could not get at when the fuse was in the jig.
The front floor board attachments are all done and riveted up.
I then constructed a rear tail fixture to hold the tail up level and keep the plane from tipping over while I'm working on it.
I installed the static ports in the side fuselage. They are Cleaveland's and are nice units to Pro-Seal in place.
I Pro-sealed all along the bottom wing/fuselage to keep water from seeping in under the seat pan ribs.
The elevator bellcrank is complete along with the spacers. I have drilled the 1/4 bolt through the rib and bulkhead.
I have installed the Tru-Trak servo mount for the elevator and put together the pushrods.
I also have been working on the rear baggage bulk head and all the little parts that rivet up to the bellcrank mount.
My next area is the rear tail. I have to get the rear deck mounted up but there is a lot of work with small angles and brackets to attach the horz stab. It will take several long days to get that all installed.
Then I can mount the small bulkhead in front of the horz stab and work my way forward in constructing the top deck.
I want to get as much done before I put the deck on so I don't have to crawl back into the rear fuselage.