Section: 6
Hours: 9.5

I washed, acid etched and primed the vertical stabilizer parts

Section:7
Hours: 8

I assembled the rudder skins and match drilled the holes. Then I deburred the rudder parts and dimpled the skins.

Deb helped out with some deburring.

Section: 7
Hours: 8

I prepped parts for the rudder. Cut the rudder ribs, filed and polished edges of parts and deburred holes.

I assembled parts and tested the fit.

Section: 6
Hours: 8

Page 1, Section 6- the project begins!

Assembled vertical stab and match drilled and dimpled skins, ribs and spars.

I spent a couple weeks hiking from Red's Meadow in Mammoth to Lake Tahoe on the Pacific Crest and Yosemite to Tahoe trails in late June and July.

Pleasant Valley

Then Deb and I flew to Oshkosh and arrived and camped with the Mooney Caravan group in the North 40.

Deb got her first view of a finished RV-14 and we spend a little quality time together trying out the fit and finish in the cabin. We both came away with the RV grin on our faces.

Today I finally got back out in the garage and resumed work on the vertical stabilizer.

Section: 6
Hours: 8

After reading numerous other builders blogs, thousands of Van's Air Force Forums  and last but not least the amazing construction manual that came with the kit, I dove into actual construction today. I deburred, dimpled, drilled, clecoed and spent lots of time admiring the fit and finish of the vertical stabilizer parts.

I ordered the RV Tool Kit from Isham and have been slowly cleaning out the garage. I also spend a month rewiring the electrical service for the garage. I dug a trench from the house main panel to the garage and my brother in law added a new subpanel in the garage. We installed additional 110 and 220 circuits and added numerous wall sockets.

Today I cut lumber and assembled a couple EAA 1000 workbenches. EAA Workbench