Daily Musings .. nothing important

[CharlieL]

And people look at me funny when I refer to "RV Yoga".....

[Michael Henning]

While you are in the back of the RV, hands above your head AND then start getting feelings of claustrophobia. Not fun. Don't panic, but get out quickly. That was my worst part. I didn't mind the blood or smashed Thumbs.

[Rupester]

I hear ya, dudes .... I hear ya. I was regularly sore as h*ll from all the contorting when I was building my bird. But it was 11 long years ago that I started the build. Now - in my "advancing years" - I'm a tad less limber, and the bigger maintenance tasks and annuals make me so sore I can hardly get out of chair! I need to find some wild-eyed, airplane-nutty kid about 12 who would relish the opportunity to wriggle into the nether regions of my 9A! Oh yeah .... he needs to live near the airport, too!

[rv6builder]

I almost made it a whole build (non pre-punched -6) without drilling a hole in my finger... Almost.

[XOverZero]

Use a block of wood as a backer when drilling small holes in thin sheet metal. However, if there is already a same size small hole completely through the block, and by the merest of chance it happens to align itself precisely with the location of the new hole to be drilled in the sheet, the drill bit will zip right on through and into a waiting fingertip. Thus, the driller becomes The Drillee. I know...I have proof.

I had hoped and taken appropriate measures to prevent this apparent "Wrong of Passage." I did everything I should, alas to no avail. So...what's up with that? Sheeesh!

[bret]

For years during the build I kept hearing about people drilling holes in their fingers, I was like, what the heck are these guys doing? until I got to the gear leg fairings and then I finally joined that club.

[Flyin'Bryan]

Experienced the "pain" just last night while trying to figure out how to position the fuel tank skin on the work bench so I could debur all the inner rivet holes. The benches are up against the wall, and the wing stands are only about 3 feet away from the bench, and the skin was on my dimpling table with the C-Frame in place, so I don't have a lot of room to move things or myself around.

I contorted myself just long enough to feel the twinge in my lower back start to become more pronounced, and then I realized there was an easier, less painful way to position the skin (and myself) to get the job done. Funny how you always figure that out AFTER you "feel the pain."

[rightrudder]

Panel dives are the worst! I got cramps in places I've never had cramps before, like my hips.

Now that the upholstery and carpet are in, it's much more comfortable.