Final Assembly
 

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No pics, yet.. but..
 

.. got the left horizontal stabilizer skin clecoed on to the skeleton tonight! It looks like airplane parts! :D I was surprised that it took a little bit (not a lot) of "grunt work" to get it all aligned and clecoed into place, but everything appears to be straight as an arrow.

Hey - it's minor - but it's been a learning journey thus far. :)

Wings are done
 

I finally declare the wings done. It only took 15 months. I think this qualifies as slow build. Tanya hefted her end as we hauled them upstairs where they will be stored for the rest of our build.

I finished my RV 8 tail kit
 

After 8 months off and on working on my tail kit. I finally enjoyed the finish product. Next is my wing kit.

Guitar Amp
 

Scott I see the Amp behind the plant....Do you get to play much with the build going on? I know it seams like I don't get to play much at all


Rich

Yep, just to the left of that plant is a small farm of guitars. I sit there every day or two for a few minutes of personal entertainment. I sold most of my gear years ago and now only play for myself and Watson.

custom throttle grip with integral start switch
 

carved from a piece of scrap black walnut and coated with poly clear gloss...

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Yikes!

I assume you are married to Tanya, and that Tanya is a pilot. I can't even IMAGINE the conversation I would have with MY wife (Who loves me very much by the way.)

Her: "Um, Dear, What are those?"
Me: "Those? Those are wings dear. They help a plane to fly."
Her: "I see. But what are they doing here? Are you intending to fly the den?"
Me: "No I just needed a place to store them for a couple of years while I finish the rest of my plane."

Me: "Um, Dear, What are those?"
Her: "Those? Those are hammers dear. They are designed to reduce the bulk of things made of Aluminum so I can throw them out the window and store them in the recycle can. I just need a place to store them until Wednesday."

-Dkb

<chuckle> Uh, yeah. It helps that this isn't her first rodeo either. When we built the -9A, they were stored in the (small) living room within arms distance of the couch, coffee table, and TV. When it came time to buy a new house, she knew precisely the kinds of square footage we needed for the garage and house so that didn't happen again. She still declares it was totally worth it when we're on a long X/C leg at 15000', sucking on O2, A/P engaged, XM radio in the ears, eating a sandwich and some grapes, watching the ground go by. Oh, she prefers to warm her sandwich on the black glare shield for a few minutes, I like mine cold out of the cooler.

Wing Stands
 

Where did you get the plans for the nifty wing stand? Is it the one in the wing plans section of the preview plans book?