Eyland Aviation RV-10 Build

 Not much of an update, but the cost counter does go up by $14.68 - the price of the USB stick with the PDF plans sent to me ahead of time.  Ordered these so I could do some reading on my iPad of the preliminary sections that discuss build considerations.  Hadn't been sure I actually ordered them since I didn't see an e-mail confirming it from Vans, but the charge showed up on my card today.  Nice of them to offer it in advance

Spider related delays are a common thread in a lot of my projects, and we have our first related to this one.  I wouldn't say I'm in hurry up and wait mode since I need the four month wait for my empennage kit to get things ready for the build, as well as save the money to pay for tools and the balance of the kit.  That being said, the one thing I can build right now is the work tables for my garage that I mentioned earlier. As I mentioned in the previous post, I've been using spare lumber I had sitting around for the table since 2x4 prices are somewhere north of stupid right now due to the pandemic.  My largest source of spare 2x4s that will work for this is a wooden platform I had used for a flight simulator project that I'm not tearing down.  Well last weekend I upended the platform to begin disassembling it and was met with spiders and a half dozen or so egg sacks. Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope.    I can do snakes.  I can do angry dogs.  I can do conflict oriented mi

 I've spent the past few days getting my shop (garage) cleaned up and organized in anticipation of the eventual delivery of my empennage kit in four months or so.  As of May 2021, that's the estimated delivery timetable, but honestly, I don't mind.  I need time to prep and do research, and this gives me that time.  And with the amount of crap my kids and I put in my garage, I'm going to need every minute. Part of that prep is creating the EAA recommended workbenches.  Most builders I've stalked via Youtube recommend the benches (two of them) for building the kit, and they seem to work really well, or so it appears from the videos.  I also dig the idea of having a workspace on wheels. If you run into trouble building this, maybe give up now Because the world is still fouled up from COVID, lumber prices remain stupid expensive - particularly for 2x4s.  I know this because I'm in the early stages of building a backyard fence, and have generally found that fence pic