A Little Help from My Friends

My day started off with a bit of frustration, but by the end of the day was very happy with our progress. This project, of late, has been an emotional roller coaster of sorts.

I had planned on taking Friday off from airplane construction, but a visit from potential RV-10 builder Jeremy motivated me to convert the garage back into factory mode for one more day before flying back to Alaska. I had been having a tough time with the HS nose ribs (HS-404). I thought a second pair of hands might help matters along. I got everything all set up in anticipation of Jeremy's arrival. A brief lesson on riveting and away we went. The last five or six rivets attaching the nose rib to the HS skin were done, and looked great.

Several hours later my cousin, Craig, stopped by and helped me rivet the front spar to the HS skin. This constituted major, visible progress on the HS which really made me feel good about the work sessions over the past weeks.

Thank you very much Jeremy and Craig! I'll definitely be calling on you guys again.