BUILDING

Or explanations on the methods and technique used to build a kit plane… The plans are the live wire of the built, it’s a real pleasure to work with them, all steps are very detailed, you just have to follow through, page after page, like reading a good...

Rivet : a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head. 1284, 1285, 1286 rivets ! Just to assemble the horizontal...

October 21, the rudder is finished, my first aircraft part ! The path is still long, very long but the fun is there. The work is huge, I will describe it in an upcoming article but it’s very close to what I have expected and I like it. Yet the beginnings were...

6 February 2018, the kit is ordered, on my birth day ! I am still not fully ready to start building but it’s symbolic. The crate from the empennage kit, big and intimidating, reaches Savièse end of April. The excitement is at its height ! It will be delicately...