Steevo's RV14a Build Log

Aft Fuselage ( 3 hrs ) Nancy again helped finish rivets along 3 bulkheads for LH Top Skin.   Then I started RH Top Skin prep by debu...

Aft Fuselage ( 1 hrs ) Again my wife helped me during riveting of LH Top Side Skin onto Aft Fuselage along longeron - she used tungsten bu...

Pic from Van's of kit pieces (taildragger version shown)

Aft Fuselage (3.5 hrs ) Prepared LH Top Side Skin by rolling edges (ie putting slight break along edge), then deburring edges and all hole...

Aft Fuselage ( 3 hrs ) Scuffed, Cleaned w/ Acetone, and Primed with 7220.  Then back riveted 3 pieces onto Top Skin.  At the Upper Aft Fus...

Aft Fuselage ( 3 hrs ) Flying in the morning, building an airplane in the afternoon - it's a good life !  Started Sect 10-29 Assembly....

Aft Fuselage  (3 hrs ) Finished Sect 10-27 via bucking those rivets that I couldn't use Main Squeeze on.   Several sizes on Fig 2 diag...