Thursday, September 09, 2010 -
Howdeeeeee! I'm building an RV-9A from
Van's Aircraft.
Take your shoes off and sit a spell. Give me a holler
if ya' got questions or ya' just wanna chew the fat about RV's.
2/15/2010 - Time to fit the Elevators to the Horizontal Stabilizer At this point, it's difficult to know what to do next, so I've decided to fit the tail feathers while I'm waiting for the Firewall Forward kit. This whole session today is about drilling the elevator ... read more
2/19/2010 - Riveted on the F-709 Bulkhead The instructions don't mention about when to rivet this bulkhead on, so I'm doing it now. It kind of makes sense to get this out of the way before fitting the tail kit to the fuselage. ... read more
2/22/2010 - Time to start work on the elevator rigging So I thought. Then I read where the push rod needs to be primed on the inside and set aside to dry for a couple of days. So I primed it just like I did on the wing ... read more
3/3/2010 - Started work on the Elevator Push Rod Yes, I've lost my mind and started drawing pictures. NOT! Actually this is my idea for marking the end pieces on the push rod where the pop-rivets will go. I simply put the push rod ends down on the d ... read more
3/28/2010 - Made the rudder stops I can why people just ignore building these things and just go with some of the ... read more
The "cover your butt" section
This website was built to document my work on my RV-9A in
compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by
no means to be considered as instructions on how to build an RV-9A or any other aircraft.
