I also finally took the plunge and ordered my empennage kit a couple of weeks ago, and have been going to town now.
I prided myself on staying detail oriented and focused on the job at hand. Just look at how nicely I got everything laid out for drilling the holes through the bearing.
And then I take it apart to look and realize I didn't drill through the existing holes, but made my own set!
Oops, there's a quick $30 to Vans to get a replacement part coming..
Other than that I've been having a ton of fun so far. I've noticed a few issues with the RV-8 instructions with modifications since I believe the service bulletin came out, so might be of interest to other RV-8 folks getting started. I'm going to post those over in the RV-8 specific forum.
Will post more milestone updates as they come along.
I prided myself on staying detail oriented and focused on the job at hand. Just look at how nicely I got everything laid out for drilling the holes through the bearing.
And then I take it apart to look and realize I didn't drill through the existing holes, but made my own set!
Oops, there's a quick $30 to Vans to get a replacement part coming..
Other than that I've been having a ton of fun so far. I've noticed a few issues with the RV-8 instructions with modifications since I believe the service bulletin came out, so might be of interest to other RV-8 folks getting started. I'm going to post those over in the RV-8 specific forum.
Will post more milestone updates as they come along.
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