Task completed Test fitted a few different size heat shrink Details I have been waiting for my wing kit to arrive, and today I noticed the labels I attached to some of my wires went loose. ...

TLDR Tested trim wiring Installed trim motor Details Today I received the new cotter pins from aircraft spruce, so I spent a few minutes to install the trim motor. I also filled and san...

TLDR Filled and sanded rivets on elevator Tried and failed to install trim motor Details Rivet filling Today is a fun day. Amy joined me to fill the rivets on the elevator. After reading...

TLDR Prepped all parts for trim sub-assembly Installed trim on elelvator Details The replacement part (the piano hinge) arrived a few days ago. I put the trim sub-assembly together and ins...

TLDR Wired up connectors for trim motor Details I added 2 Delphi connectors for the trim motor to connect to the tail harness. flowchart TB; motor["Trim Motor"]-->con1["Female connec...

Task completed Countersunk and mounted elevator tip Tried to install counterweight Test fit elevator and horizontal stab Elevator Tip Last few days have been super productive. I mounted ...

TLDR Formed elevator tip skin to match composite tip Shortened a bunch of 3.2mm rivets Tip skin Besides the trim tab, the last piece of work remaining on the elevator is the tip skin and c...

TLDR Elevator bottom skin 95% complete built a laser level jig and verified elevator straitness Trim motor nutplate installed Elevator bottom Yesterday I used a rivet to test each hole o...

As I start to fit the trim skin and piano hinge together, I immediately ran into several problems. Problem Piano hinge rivet holes do not align with trim tab skin Trim Channel shape does not...

Task completed Elevator skin (not including the tip skin) clecoed and tested for twist/straightness Added safety wire to trim tab piano hinge Details The last piece remaining in my empenna...