Tag: VansAircraft
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04: Assembling the Vertical Stabilizer
My first sets of post-primer rivets getting set as I start to assemble the Vertical Stab Yeah, dimpling post-primer is the way When I started, I told my buddy Scott, “I’m going to try to never have to drill out a bad rivet” and I honestly didn’t understand why he was laughing so hard. Then…
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03: First Priming Session
I had a lot of anxiety going in to this.. I hadn’t shot primer in a long time and for some reason I really felt like I was going to mess this up and be forever ruined. Turns out, everything was fine. I did a final wipe with Acetone all the parts I was going…
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02: Starting the Rudder
With the vertical stab ready for primer, I don’t want to do a whole bunch of different priming sessions, I want to try to group some together, so I’ve put the Vertical Stab bits aside and started working on the Rudder. I started by gathering all the parts, cutting and shaping any necessary parts and…
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01: And it begins..
The tail kit arrived, which contains the Vertical Stabilizer, Rudder, Horizontal Stabilizer, Elevators, and Aft Fuselage. While this kit arrived in early October 2024, I wasn’t ready to start yet. The tool kit from Cleaveland arrived obviously, but skillset-wise I just wasn’t ready yet. Fast forward to December, I finally started taking things out of…