I didn't do to much today accept clean up the forward skin a bit.

we continued riveting the forward top skin today This was pretty straightforward. On an -8, even with the top skin on, ther is still...

We loaded the skin with rivets, before I climbed in upside down to buck them. We got about half of them done before Leslie called it a...

I decided to rivet the forward top skin now to keep working on the canopy. In an -8 there is pretty good access to the bulkhead that any...

One of my back ordered parts was the two axle nuts for the main gear. My dad randomly remembered having two extras that he sent to me....

I did some more brake line work. It was pretty straightforward. You can see the braided flex lines attached to the master cylinders, and...

I bought a set off lightly used trombone exhaust pipes from someone on VAF. Happy birthday to me. I will get them cleaned up and put on...

I started installing the main gear today. It took a fair amount of time to get everything lined up.

I climbed upside down to rivet the inner skin on the baggage door today. Parker came out to help by handing me rivets and laughing. After...

Today I worked on riveting the baggage door. First I added two nut plates for my offset hinge attachments. I riveted the angles to the...

I had a bunch of time to spend out in the garage today. We have extremely cold temperatures here in Western NC, and our furnace is...

I started today by comping my rode ends in place to locate the hinges. I intend to keep the rod ends narrower than the hinge brackets,...

I decided to put some more curve into the skin for the baggage door to help it fit better. I used the same basic method for rolled...

Since my lock cylinder is offset inboard by about 1/4 inch, I looked at ways to fix the misalignment in the pins that will create. This...

Today I worked on trimming my modified opening. I will add a couple of clips to tie the two pieces together later. I measured to try and...

Today I worked on my baggage door design. I started by opening up the access hole for the lock cylinder. This needs to be larger to...

I started by drilling the kit skin to the structure per the build manual Then I clamped the skin to the new piece of sheet I bought as...

I cut and ground the second hinge to be the mirror image of the first.

Some of my parts came in for my modified baggage door hinge. This included a strut I will use to hold the door open. I have not decided...

Darren came by to help me rivet the top skin. I spent some time lying in the trail while he riveted from the outside. I still have the...