Echo Tango
Well Known Member
Received my empennage kit yesterday. Spent about an hour and a half doing inventory and figuring out which tools I was missing. I have to say it was a little like Christmas opening up all of those neatly packed parts! Unfortunately, I'll have to wait a week or so for some key tools to arrive (scotchbrite wheel, air drill, etc...).
I'm on the pay-as-I-go plan, so getting started might take a while. Will have to decide between the DRDT-2 and a pneumatic squeezer in the coming weeks. I do have a hand dimpler (rivet-gun style), but I have heard they are fairly inconsistent. Which is more important at this point?
Also, I was planning on priming my internals with a higher-end self-etching Zinc Chromate, as I live in Michigan and don't really have any use for a heavy epoxy. Do I need to prime everything or should I just stick to the spars?
I would also like to avoid constructing a paint booth if at all possible.
I'm on the pay-as-I-go plan, so getting started might take a while. Will have to decide between the DRDT-2 and a pneumatic squeezer in the coming weeks. I do have a hand dimpler (rivet-gun style), but I have heard they are fairly inconsistent. Which is more important at this point?
Also, I was planning on priming my internals with a higher-end self-etching Zinc Chromate, as I live in Michigan and don't really have any use for a heavy epoxy. Do I need to prime everything or should I just stick to the spars?
I would also like to avoid constructing a paint booth if at all possible.