guidoism
Member
Hello friends. I’m currently in the process loading the state of my RV-8 slooooooooow build back into my head. The last entry in my build log is Sat 05 Oct 2019. Ugh. I spent the rest of 2019 preparing for a move to Muncie, IN. And then COVID hit right as we started life in this new city and my airplane sat in a storage unit collecting dust (literally) while I dealt with other higher priority stuff in my life. My mind really wasn’t able to focus on the project and I didn’t feel like browsing VAF and feeling envy for those of you that are able to continue working on your builds. But I think I’m now past that. I’m able to focus again.
I still don’t have a good place to work on it. Though, hopefully that resolves itself in the next year. I’ve pulled up the build plans. I have my left wing mostly done. Instead of trying to jump back into the deep end there I think I’ll focus on the ailerons and flaps first. Those don’t take up a lot of space, they are less expensive to replace if I screw up, they are similar to the elevators which have even more detailed instructions, and they are complete subassemblies which would give me a solid sense of accomplishment when I finish them.
Anyways. This is a stake in the ground: I declare that I am back.
Now to browse VAF, I wonder if anything happened in the past six years…
I still don’t have a good place to work on it. Though, hopefully that resolves itself in the next year. I’ve pulled up the build plans. I have my left wing mostly done. Instead of trying to jump back into the deep end there I think I’ll focus on the ailerons and flaps first. Those don’t take up a lot of space, they are less expensive to replace if I screw up, they are similar to the elevators which have even more detailed instructions, and they are complete subassemblies which would give me a solid sense of accomplishment when I finish them.
Anyways. This is a stake in the ground: I declare that I am back.
Now to browse VAF, I wonder if anything happened in the past six years…
