Fuselage

Fuselage Final Assembly Starts!

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.

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Fuselage

Fuselage Priming Marathon

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!

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Workshop

Fuselage Deburring Days

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.

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Wings

Left Wing Closeout

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!

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Wings

Wing Wiring and Bottom Skins

November is gotten off to a better start with the some wiring activities and more bottom skin riveting. Lots of help from Sam, plus the experience from the right wing made the second time around a lot easier.

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Wings

October Update

It was a slow month for RV-8 progress, but there was definitely some progress. Catch up in this quick recap post of October going’s on.

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