November 11, 2003: Empenage kit arrives with a little damage. Everything was well packed inside. Inventory revealed that no damage was done to the items.
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November 11, 2003
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November 11, 2003
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November 11, 2003
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November 14, 2003: All the parts are accounted for after some detective work. Some parts had the same part number but are obviously different. A look through the plans shows the correct part numbers.
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November 15, 2003: Arrrgghhh!!! I'm just getting started and I managed to screw up the very first thing. I ended up drilling extra holes in the bearring rather than match drilling. An email to Van's along with a picture resulted in having to order another bearing. Great......just great. ;(
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November 22, 2003: New bearing arrived so I assembled. Oddly, I thought I'd try the rule of thumb about rivet sizes and the spec'd out rivets are too short! Turns out that Van's opted for the shorter rivets since beginners apparently tend to bend the longer rivets over then having to redo them.
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November 22, 2003: Bending the front spars.
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November 22, 2003: All bent and labeled.
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November 23, 2003: Wow! Parts are starting to come together!
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