Continuing with the great momentum on the fuselage, we were able to wrap up the “Skin Riveting” section of the plans over a few sessions this weekend. The crew helped move it along, and in this post you’ll catch up on a few challenges we had to overcome.

Fuselage skin riveting done! Quick end of month update to round out the fuselage riveting saga!

Much of building a plane is a solo endeavour, but it is fun when I have to bring others together to get something done. Read on for all the riveting fun! Get to the bottom for a bonus update on Nico’s goKart project.

Although the posts have been quiet, there has been quite a bit of activity on the fuselage. From the title you can probably guess it was forward skin riveting. Here’s a quick update on the progress.

The past week has been a whirlwind of fuselage activity with no less than 3 build crew participants including one new member! And all the activity has netted us an upside down fuselage. Why, you ask, is the fuselage flipped? Read on for all the gory details…:). Enjoy!

Time to Dimple and Rivet! This is the fun part of building, when you know you are putting something together for the final time. With the big priming session behind us, it was time to focus on dimpling and riveting the fuselage together. It’s exciting as the last time the fuselage was together was over 9 months ago right before we left for Oshkosh. Read on for the detail.

In an epic marathon day, and with the help from a ton of folks, I was able to get through priming of all the parts necessary for the final assembly. Read on for the details!