An RV-8 Build Log
With the priming out of the way, I got back to building (i guess priming is part of building). I got the replacement tie-down from Van’s, so I decided to focus on that in this early morning session.
With the learnings from Wednesday, Giacomo and I came into today confident we could get through our first real priming session. Good thoughts prevailed, and we had a great time doing our first priming session.
What started as a session to prime some parts became an evening of friends and community as I jumped head first into a big skill gap I have yet to conquer. Priming! Check out the post to learn all the fun we had.
A nice morning session getting the rear spar parts deburred and ready to go for priming.
This morning, I made the first of the many mistakes that will come with this journey. Check out the post to learn what happened, and what I’m going to do about it.
Quick session starting to work on the tie-down assembly. Go Giants!
Lots of miscellaneous tasks today trying to wrap up main spar prep and rear spar parts prep before first priming session next week!
After a roadblock on fabricating the tie-down spacers, I moved on to the rear spar assembly. Made lots of progress while enjoying an exciting NL Wildcard game!
Alongside supporting the boys with their toolbox build, I snuck in a little time starting the creation of the tie-down spacers. Read the post for a few things I learned along the way.
Today’s work is split into 2 posts. The first is an update on the progress of the toolboxes that the boys have been working on. So fun to watch them working autonomously!