Operation Summer
This weekend we had a snowstorm that effectively locked us in at home for three full days. Luckily my technical advisor lend be two gas heater that allowed me to…
Canopy handle
Today I manufactured the canopy handle. Drilling into the handle worked fine. I locked it and marked the drill as well as the tap to reach the correct depth. Quite…
Time for the canopy
Public holiday today. Starting to prepare the canopy, although I likely won’t be able to finish it, because I have to teach the tail first, to attach the turtlenecks to…
Builder of the month
Today I was nominated as builder of the month from my build log software (mykitlog.com). However one receives these honors, it feels great to be right at the front page…
FFF – Finally Finished the Fairings
Today I finally finished the fairings. What a journey! First I used the supplied instructions for the RV-12 instead of the updated ones for the RV-12is, then the grinding turned…
Looking good at first, …
While the front wheel fairing looks good from the distance, there is some major work I have to do: So tomorrow I will have to fit the wheel outlet and…
16x2x2=128
While it doesn’t look like much much, fabricating the two side rails for the fairing of the front wheel took some time. There were 16 holes on each side that…
Oh no
I just thought I finished the main fairings after I fixed a splitter broken of the epoxy with flox. But during the installation I realized that it had a separation…
Lookin’ good
Finished the main wheel fairings. Astonished how good everything fits in the end, considering how much I fought with the fibre glas. But I am getting there, nobody sees the…
Let’s call it a day…
For the last two weeks I have been working to create the fibre glass molds for the main gear wheel fairings. I took me overall three attempts: As for the…