HS – Rear Spar: 3 hrs

March 8, 2020 We finally started work on the empennage. It's been three months since we ordered the kit, 1 month since we finally had all the tools in hand, and 0 days since we finished the EAA SportAir workshop. The class ended around noon on Sunday and we were so excited to get started... Continue Reading →

March 10, 2020

Practice, Practice, Practice

Since neither of us have much experience working with sheetmetal and rivets we decided to order all three practice kits available from Vans and sign up for an EAA SportAir workshop on sheetmetal basics. We agreed that we'd attend the workshop prior to doing any work on the airplane parts. However, the practice kits arrived... Continue Reading →

March 9, 2020

Empennage Inventory

We've had the empennage boxes in the garage for over a week now without touching them. In that time we've done a lot of cleaning, sorting, and miscellaneous other things around the shop in preparation. This weekend we finally opened the two boxes and completed the inventory. It's really exciting to see airplane shaped parts... Continue Reading →

February 9, 2020

First Package!!

We received the first package from Vans which was the material for horizontal and vertical!! This is a hugely exciting for us, so much so that when FedEx didn't deliver on Saturday we drove half an hour to the depot to collect them ourselves. Unfortunately, the first shipment showed up only a couple days after... Continue Reading →