For those, who are interested in this topic: I now ordered a Quectel RM500U (https://www.quectel.com/product/5g-rm500u-cn) for testing.

I know, it only supports #Linux at the moment, but we will see...

BTW, here is a picture of one of the little firewalls providing access to vaenner.net (my friends and families network).

#5G #Modem #Quectel #RM500U #PictureOfTheDay #Firewall #PCEngines #HomeBuilt

Vans is having a quality control crisis and I've been a lazy bones which might save me from doing a ton of rework. That is lucky but also sad.

https://blog.sideslip.social/laser-cut-problems/

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Jon Humberd flies his amateur-built Zenith 701 in a short-takeoff-and-landing demonstration at the Zenith Aircraft annual homecoming in Mexico, Missouri (USA) on Sept. 18, 2021. #eaa #AvGeek #HomeBuilt

On Monday I did an airplane building stream where I failed four times to install a rivet in a small spot. Today I drilled out the rivets holding it to the skin and then drilled out most of the rivets holding the bottom rib together. This gave me enough flex in the metal to bend it and rivet in that small space. Then finally I finished riveting to the skin and replaced the other rivets I drilled out.

A bit of a pain but I got it done.

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In yesterday's workshop adventures I riveted stiffeners to the other rudder skin and riveted the bottom rib. I have no idea how I'm going to set that rivet on the end since there is basically no clearance. I'm going to do some digging and see how others did it. Regardless, the sheer clips were next and they are pull rivets so that was quick and painless.

After I figure out how to set the mystery rivet, then joining the two halves will happen.

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I got my new rudder skin, cleaned it up, dimpled all the holes, scuffed it up for painting (first picture), painted, started riveting everything together (all other pictures). I had to back rivet for the stiffeners on the skin. The whole process took about four hours so the left rudder skin can wait until later to get its stiffeners.

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I wrote up some of my thoughts while preparing the rudder of the RV-10. Mostly, there is a lot of time consuming work.

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https://blog.sideslip.social/one-slip-and-it-costs-money/

It was a very beautiful day for priming some parts outside! I'm still waiting on the replacement skin but It'll be nice to have everything else ready to go (and my house doesn't smell like primer this time which is nice!

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Here is the damage and why I decided to replace it. The dimple flattened fine but it interferes with the other hole and makes me uncomfortable. Given that it is the trailing edge it makes me more uncomfortable. Now I have a large piece of scrap though.

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Tonight I prepped one of the rudder skins, made the trailing edge stiffener, and got the skin attached to the skeleton. I have to prepare the other skin and then I can get everything fit together and make sure everything aligns. Then the process of taking everything apart, cleaning it up, priming it for corrosion resistance, and then riveting!

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I got the rudder skeleton together and match drilled tonight. Next up: Putting the skin on and match drilling that.

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I got the rudder skeleton together and match drilled tonight. Next up: Putting the skin on and match drilling that.

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I want to promote one of the big motivators that got me into ordering and building my own plane.

Plane Lady has uploaded a new video about building the wing ribs on her plane.

https://youtu.be/B-emDvk3Iq0

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If it isn't quite clear what is happening, hopefully this picture of the skeleton makes more sense for the rudder.

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It has been a while but I'm getting back into being more regular in my workshop. First picture is a before and after of a rudder horn I had to clean up. Then I got the horn in place and drilled some holes for it to attach to other parts. I also got all my rudder skeleton parts assembled instead of a jumbled mess.

Next I have to match drill everything, take it apart, clean it up, prime it, then riveting can commence!

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Druine D.5 Turbi A bigger 'brother' of the Turbulent, this two-seat homebuilt wooden aircraft was also designed by Roger Druine. The type first flew in France in 1953; this particular example was built in 1960, and is seen at the Great Vintage Flying Weekend. #aircraft #avgeek #lightaircraft #aviation #wood #homebuilt #France #UK

I had a very busy 6 weeks or so, and I wrote up my experience. This features some airplane building, my home network upgrade, and things breaking that cost me money.

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https://blog.sideslip.social/what-a-busy-march/

I'm planning on doing a chill airplane building stream Sunday at 10am CST. Come hang https://twitch.tv/autalyst

#streaming #experimentalAviation #homebuilt

Hello homebuilders. I'm planning to get back to work on my "Avid Flyer" project soon. I bought a wrecked Avid for $2200. I'll only use the fuselage, and build everything else from scratch. The goal is to come in under $10,000 all in. I also bought a Rotax 503 for about $2000 (can't remember exactly). More updates soon hopefully.

Sorry for the bad picture. The plane has attracted some clutter that needs to be removed.

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I got into the shop today (which I need to get better about) and put a few hours of elbow grease into some parts.

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