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IIRC the internal BD4 structure is bolted or blind riveted while the skins are bonded on. However there’s plenty of aircraft kits out...

I should have qualified my remark. I believe it’s pretty accurate with hobbyist/home level compressors typical of what you’d find at...

Just remembered a few items: - vise - die grinder and some small 3M wheels - Dremel

You can have my heat-shrink labeler when you pry my cold, dead fingers from the keypad. :biggrin: Nauga, wired

So I’ve posted about a tungsten bucking bar. Some other thoughts to add to what others have posted in no particular order: - additional...

That’s because not all Experimentals are equal. Under the Special Airworthiness Certification Experimental category there are 8...

Sounds like resignation. Do you need to get her to exhibit the rest of the hazardous attitudes first?

There’s a number of tips when it comes to riveting. I had a little chart for gun pressures depending on rivet sizes (-3 [3/32] or -4...

You don’t need to disassemble anything as far as the AWC is concerned. Ideally you received the previous owners build log with the kit...

I get the rhetorical aspect, but power plant cost is a red herring. The $10k in kit costs buys you quicker and easier assembly, 2’ of...

I’ve flown into both DAB and EVB. Neither is an issue although DAB is way busier. Now we have timeshares in both Daytona and New...

My recommendation is you look at the avg build time for a given kit, and not the build times at either end of the spectrum. With the...

That can be true but it's far from universal based upon my own building experience (and I have the Repairman's Cert for my RV-10) and...

I'm talking about the tasks not the time required to complete an RV. With an RV you aren't really building, you are assembling which is...

Here's a recent thread over on VAF about the topic of using kit building experience towards an A & P certificate...