An RV-8 Build Log
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!
The past week was back to the fuselage, which meant a whole bunch of deburring, and deburring and deburring. Quick update on the fuselage progress.
After finally getting back to RV-8 work, Sam and I got some good momentum back finishing closeout of the left wing. It’s nice to be back!
I need to finalize the left wing interior before I can close out the skin. This post walks through the steps completed to get there.
In an epic 24 hours, Sam and I successfully cranked through the right outboard bottom skin. Read on for the details!
A few things need to get done before riveting on the outboard bottom skins. In this post I’ll recap the work getting prepped.