Following the countersink mistake I made a few weeks ago, I ordered and received the replacement angle HS-ANG-001-X-E-2. With rudder finished and VS blocked partially by the defective part, I swit...

I started on vertical stabilizer (VS-ASS-001-C-F-0-A-6 sheet 18, 19) before the new year and continuced this week. First I identified the parts, dimpled, cleaned and primed everything as instructe...

LET THERE BE LIGHT! In the first week of the new year I am jumping between a few different projects, and today I installed the tail light, and the rudder is officially complete. I’ve done solde...

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...