Herb spent Saturday getting his wings unloaded and building some racks to store them. They are now tucked neatly away overhead.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Wings Overhead
Herb spent Saturday getting his wings unloaded and building some racks to store them. They are now tucked neatly away overhead.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Winging His Way Home
Herb returns home today from Florida, towing his wings behind him. His drawings and parts arrived by FedEx while he was gone.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
In the Drawing Room
Herb is still waiting for his new plans and the taildragger kit to arrive. He is shopping for a band saw and a drill press.
Herb's mom and dad are visiting, so he has gotten to show them what he's been doing. He and Pop spent a considerable amount of time studying drawings yesterday. Pop showed Herb how he had fabricated some of the pieces. He showed him how to use the pneumatic squeezers and their dies. He showed him some drilling, riveting, and rivet removal techniques.
Late in the afternoon, UPS showed up with the new rivet squeezer that Herb had ordered. He and Pop are really proud of it.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Lying Awake at Night
By Herb Haught
I woke up at 2:30 this morning thinking about how to execute the modifications on the fuel tanks so that I can fly inverted.
This afternoon I called Van's and talked to them about a new set of plans and parts for converting to a taildragger. I practiced riveting and countersinking and bought a new, flexible air hose and installed it on the air compressor. I also bought a drill bit sharpener.
The parts and the plans will be here in a week.
I woke up at 2:30 this morning thinking about how to execute the modifications on the fuel tanks so that I can fly inverted.
This afternoon I called Van's and talked to them about a new set of plans and parts for converting to a taildragger. I practiced riveting and countersinking and bought a new, flexible air hose and installed it on the air compressor. I also bought a drill bit sharpener.
The parts and the plans will be here in a week.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
So You Want My Job: Air Force Pilot
Read the fabulous interview with an impressive young Air Force pilot, Cameron Schaefer.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
PT-40 Model Time
By Wendy Haught
Herb has decided not to do any more work on the RV-6 until he gets a set of the latest plans. The ones he is using are from the early '90s. He doesn't want to keep working and then find that there are design updates that he needs to incorporate. So last night he and Nathaniel worked on Nathaniel's PT-40 trainer.
The wings are just set on in the picture below, but it reminded me of the Space Shuttle being piggybacked. Emma asked the other day whether Nathaniel could fly his model plane from inside the RV-6 when the RV-6 is flying. Herb thought that he could. It's an interesting idea.
Herb has decided not to do any more work on the RV-6 until he gets a set of the latest plans. The ones he is using are from the early '90s. He doesn't want to keep working and then find that there are design updates that he needs to incorporate. So last night he and Nathaniel worked on Nathaniel's PT-40 trainer.
The wings are just set on in the picture below, but it reminded me of the Space Shuttle being piggybacked. Emma asked the other day whether Nathaniel could fly his model plane from inside the RV-6 when the RV-6 is flying. Herb thought that he could. It's an interesting idea.
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