dang right!

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:44 pm

working on the rudder now. The HS got put on hold while I wait for new front spars :/

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:46 pm

Looks great! Gotta love that DRDT, huh?

CJ

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:52 pm

I don't have any C-frame experience to compare to, but if the DRDT is easier, I'm REALLY glad I don't have a C-frame!

I dimpled rudder skins and stiffeners last night, and boy is my right arm tired!

I need to make a dimpling table, having to support the skins makes it harder than it oughta be.

prestwich · Post by **prestwich** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:17 pm

tmbg wrote:
I need to make a dimpling table, having to support the skins makes it harder than it oughta be.

Ian, are you using the pneumatic riveter to dimple the perimeter holes? Not that many deep reach holes on the tail parts... I didn't make a dimpling table.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:18 pm

yea, I generally dimple with the squeezer when I can. I should have used the squeezer on the rudder stiffeners, but I thought "it'll just be quicker to go ahead and do it on the DRDT cause it's already setup". As a result, one achey arm

There's plenty of deep holes, those rudder skins have a LOT of them. Probably not a lot compared to the wings, but a lot just the same!

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:05 am

tmbg wrote:I don't have any C-frame experience to compare to, but if the DRDT is easier, I'm REALLY glad I don't have a C-frame!

I dimpled rudder skins and stiffeners last night, and boy is my right arm tired!

I need to make a dimpling table, having to support the skins makes it harder than it oughta be.

I don't think the C-frame is hard to use. The hammer does all the work. Just make sure you're on the hole! But your arm would probably get tired either way.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:47 am

prestwich wrote:
tmbg wrote:
I need to make a dimpling table, having to support the skins makes it harder than it oughta be.
Ian, are you using the pneumatic riveter to dimple the perimeter holes? Not that many deep reach holes on the tail parts... I didn't make a dimpling table.

Watch and see how the pneu squeeze makes nice, additional holes adjacent to the ones you drilled!

CJ

dons · Post by **dons** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:20 pm

You're going to have more done then me in no time Ian, and I started last summer. Don't forget to check out a few builder sites, if you're not already, before doing each section, it really helps give you another perspective on what needs to be done.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:22 pm

right now I'm starting to worry that I'll finish up the tail then have to wait FOREVER to get my wings!

Vans is posting 9 week lead times on the wings, so I really should just go ahead and order now! But, I don't have the 25% deposit money just yet.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:53 am

The TE's not perfect, and one skin oilcans a bit. Ah well, such is life. If the rest of the airplane comes out PERFECT, maybe I'll build a new rudder

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:56 am

Nice job Ian!!

Is it THAT warm in Atlanta???

It's snowing, 31 degrees, and the winds are HOWLING at 30-40mph in central IL right now...

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:07 pm

heck yes it is! It's like 70 in the day, dropping to a bone-chilling 55 at night

It WAS cold as snot, but it's been warm this week.

dons · Post by **dons** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:35 pm

Nice Ian, you now have more done than me. Wow is it ever warm there, right at freezing here today, snow and freezing rain last night made for a mess this morning, but the snow plows and salt trucks have it pretty much cleaned up now (at least for a few hours when we get hit again).

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:19 pm

Ian, looking good! Your moving right along. Have you ordered your wings yet?

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:40 pm

no, not yet. I need to!

I'm waiting on a suspiciously absent paycheck. Once I have that in hand, hopefully I can put down the requisite deposit.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:10 am

Ian, what do you do for a living? Whom do you work for that may not pay you routinely?

Waiting on a suspiciously absent paycheck is no way to live.

If there is something that really bugs me, it is not being paid for services. It was the primary reason I no longer do contracting for residential individuals.

CJ

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:25 am

CJ, I can't complain too much... two weeks ago, I negotiated a pretty hefty raise, and the raise required that I start being paid by a different entity than I was being paid by before, and this is the first check since that switch. I didn't know who to submit an invoice to until tuesday, and I don't know how long it takes them to payout on invoices.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:51 am

Cool! I see...

So what do you do for a living?

CJ

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:49 am

it's highly classified...

oh, crap, sorry... I've been reading books again.

I am a software architect, I get paid to sit around and read rivetbangers.com and AOPA forums, and occasionally churn out some code.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:42 pm

I see...

Seems like many of us here have some software background.

I used to sell automation and database stuff.

CJ