Happy holidays! Last couple of days I built the rudder assembly (RD-ASS-001-C-F-0-A-6 sheet 23, 24, 25, 26). This is by far the biggest part and most complex part I have built in the kit. I spen...

Process In the last few days I finished the rear spar on the horizontal stabilizer (HS-ASS-001-C-F-0 sheet 4). It took a little longer than I thought to clean and debur, mainly because of the siz...

Last few days, I decided to try something on the elevator. I finished EL-ASS-001-C-F-0 sheet 8 and sheet 9 yesterday and today. Balance Counterweight Assembly, and first rivet! This is on shee...

Today I continued on HS-ASS-001-C-F-0 sheet 2, 3 and 4. Modifying dimple dies When making dimples on the parts for sheet 2, many pre-drilled holes are very close to the corner of the metal, and t...

I decided to crack open step 1 (HS-ASS-001-C-F-0, sheet 2) of the empennage instruction this evening and get something done. This steps requires dimpling a bunch of parts which becomes a horizonta...

Holiday came early this year! The trucking company called me last week to schedule the delivery, and they unloaded the empennage crate this afternoon! I’ve been telling Amy the empennage would arr...

Since I built the DRDT-2 a few days ago, I have been wanting to build a stand for it. When DRDT sits on the stand, I want the top of the tool stay flush with my work bench. I’ve recorded most of t...

I ordered a DRDT-2 from Cleveland Aircraft tools last week, and it arrived today. To my surprise, it requires assembly :) I guess it makes sense, but I was not expecting it for some reason. So it ...

This weekend I spent the full 2 days to build a pair of EAA 1000 Workbench. I started to buy material a few weeks ago from Home Depot. Following the online instruction, they wants 2 pieces of 4x8 ...

In the last 2 weeks I bought a few tools and samples to practice applying primer, and check out quality. The hope is I can get some idea what each type primer feels like when applied to aluminum so...