Amazing Day!!!

Jan 6, 2010 – I survived the exploding rivets! Actually I was trying to move some of the padding on my table, and the container of rivets I was using (tiny ones!) fell off the table and exploded on the floor.

Other than that, I got a lot done. I’m just an hour or so away from a completed horizontal stab. My friend Joe Santee came over this morning and helped me do some riveting, then after he left I continued on. Finished installing the left stab skin, then moved to the right and finished it.

I then applied sealant to the mating surfaces for the aft spar, and clecoed it in place. I’ll let the sealant set up, and probably won’t touch it for a few days anyway, because of work and the fact that we here in Texas will all probably freeze to death through the weekend. It’s on the news, it must be true!

Time: 5:45

On a side note, I went to an EAA Chapter meeting (168) last night for the first time. Had a good time meeting other RV types, had some inspiring words from a recent first flight of an RV-8 owner, and even got to talk to a guy who was just thinking about starting one.