Hi all

[Cherokee Driver]

WOW...I just finished priming the innards of my HS, so I have a reference for my sincere appreciation of the progress. Looking at those photos is very cool. Nice Job...very inspiring.

Heres to you.

CD

[JohnR]

Wow PK, those look great. Pretty humbling to realize they were all built from scratch. Makes deburring and fluting seem like a cake walk. Keep us updated.

[papakeith]

thanks guys. The total rib count is 170. They are all formed, and many have their primer/sealer. Tonight I finished bending up the last of the (what felt like 1-billion) stiffener angles and attach brackets for the ribs.

If all goes well I may just drive my first rivet this week some time!

here's tonight's triumph.

[papakeith]

I'm a rivetbanger. This morning I set the first rivets on my Bearhawk project.





only two plus years before I actually assembled anything .

[dons]

And those rivets look great! Just think, if you were building an RV like Chad you would have only about 14,996 rivets to go. None of our wing ribs have stiffeners like that so it's good to see how something else is built, keep them posts a coming.

[Spike]

Fantastic work dude. Has it really been 2 years?

[papakeith]

yep, I started in May of 2006.

Thanks for the compliments. I think I've got a good head of steam built up this time. I pretty much took last year off of the build, but I got my ppl and got some other projects out of the way.

Don, I'm not even counting my hours, I wouldn't want to even contemplate the number of rivets needed

[Wicked Stick]

Way to Go Keith !!! Looks nice.

[Noah]

Keith, that is some REALLY nice looking hardware there, keep up the good work! Before you know it, you'll have that thing and three of your best friends in the air!

[Bob Barrett]

Good work Kieth! It almost makes me want to start building a Bearhawk once my RV-6A is flying. Fortunately my wife doesn't go on Rivet Bangers or the funeral director would have to close out my Rivet Bangers account.