Building N679PG

After a successful trip to Volleyball Nationals where the boys played their hearts out, it was time to get back to the plane. My goal

Time to Drill! Quick update as we wrap up landing gear fitment. Enjoy!

It’s time to align the landing gear and final drill for installation! This big milestone takes a lot of measuring, double checking, and just a bit of nerve. Read on for part 1 of the landing gear fitment adventure!

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!