After almost a year and a half, construction on our RV-10 is back under way!  Now that the new shop is done and organized (check out the Garage Part Deux), I’m making time to get the build back on the top of the priority list.  With as much time away as I’ve had, I decided it’d be a good idea to review the plans and remember just where I had left off.  The last check mark was in the aileron rigging section, so that’s where I dove in.  I decided to go ahead and rig the control surfaces before riveting the bottom skin on just to have easier access and am glad I did.  If needed, I can always remove the large pushrod now that it’s all tweaked to have the surfaces lined up properly with the control arms.  I also added the spring attachment points for the aileron trim servo, having made the servo mount a while back.

Next up is buttoning up the wing bottoms.  I took a long last look at both before moving forward and read a lot of blogs to see if I could do anything else before losing easy acces.  I’m glad I did because I realized I had the trim servo wiring going to the wrong spar location.  That was a quick fix and I’m now confident I’m ready to put the bottom skins on.  The only item left to add is the pitot tube mount, but the bottom skin has to be attached first.

I did have to modify the rack yet again as the carpet post was too tall and blocking a few rivets.  A quick fix with the circular saw and reattaching the carpet.  Not a whole lot of exciting details, as it’s a lot of basic processes with a lot of repetition.  Good practice to get me back into the swing of aircraft construction, though; and I’m really enjoying being out in the shop working again.  Unfortunately, I’ll have to take another few weeks off for back surgery recovery, but at least I got a start on it again!