Fuselage kit arrives 4/12

[bruceh]

Got word from FedEx that my 9A fuselage will show up on Monday.
Just as a point of reference, this is exactly 10 weeks lead time. I ordered
the kit before 2/1 to avoid the yearly price increase.

Wings are off the jig and I just need to rivet the trailing edges of the flaps
and they are done for now. Still have the tips and bottom skins to do later.

I started on the wings at the end of October, so they took less than 6 months.

Think I can get the fuselage done in 6 months?

[hydroguy2]

6 months, sure but you'll be putting in some shop hours

congrats

[Spike]

6 months and I am getting to the point of rolling it over. You can do it, but its a boat load of work.

Spike

[bruceh]

I try to get out in the garage every night for at least 3 hours and lots of 12-14 hour days on the weekends. It is amazing how long it takes to do everything with a high level of quality, but time does fly when you are working on it.

I do take off lots of evenings for family, so there is definitely some balance.

[bruceh]

Three days of inventorying the fuselage kit. One word. Tedious.

Missing a few bolts, platenuts, one bag of HW missing.
Got 2 right versions of one part instead of a right and left.
Called Van's today and they are going to get the missing stuff shipped
out. There were a couple of backordered items, but they showed up 3
days after the big box was delivered.

My shop now runneth over with parts.


Here's a unique bolt - no threads!

[smittysrv]

Wow, that's a lot of fopahs in one inventory. I got my wing kit on 2/20/2006 and the Fuselage kit on 2/29/2008. Everything was there. Wonder what's going on at Van's?

[BSwayze]

Here's a unique bolt - no threads!

Don't throw that away! You'll probably find a nut with no threads somewhere in the kit to mate up with it.

[TomNativeNewYorker]

Yeah, superglur the threadless nuts and bolts together.