Saturday 12th July
Tidied up the Shop
During the nearly 10 week lay-off from the project, I was constantly in and out of the shop to find some tool or other that I needed for the re-modelling job. Apparently, I was not especially tempted to linger, or run a loving finger over the finished emp parts, or even put things back properly.
Consequently, the untidy mess that greeted me when I finally got to begin the wing construction was amazing. It took a solid two hours of sorting out aircraft from non-aircraft bits and tools and putting them away before it looked like a place of work again.
If you think I am going to publish a photo of the state it was in, then think again! I'm not proud of it.
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Factory prototype of the taildragger RV-9
Progress
- Total Cost to date: €9536
- Total time to date: 609hr 12min
- Of which: Empennage: 280hr 35min
- ..............Wings: 326hr 37min
The Vision
Factory prototype of the taildragger RV-9
About Me
- Loman O'Byrne
- Dublin, Ireland
- It's a little embarrasing isn't it. I mean men in their 50s should know better than to spend large amounts of money on fantasy (vanity?) projects like this. They should have more sense than to indulge their raging mid-life crises. They should devote themselves to their managerial state-sector jobs. They should prioritise their wife and two kids, even though the kids are almost grown up. They should not undertake complex engineering projects when they have no engineering background and only average DIY skills. They shouldn't take over half of their tiny back gardens to build a workshop that's not even big enough for the project. They should take more interest in other leisure pursuits like golf and following rugby football. They.... I know, I know, I know....but I just gotta!
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