Aft Fuselage pt1 - Building a Vans RV 14 Airplane Ep11

[@staylame]

I have been following your footsteps in the entire process. I’m almost finished with the horizontal stabilizer. Your videos have been so valuable for answering some of the same questions I’ve had come up. Thanks for leading the way!

[@BlueSkyFlight]

That’s great to hear. Keep me posted on your build!

[@FlyingSenior]

Another fine video. Thanks. Just spent the morning attaching the rudder skin sides to one-another. Applied tank sealant on the trailing edge. As you know, there are two methods; double-sided tape, and tank sealant. I wanted to get familiar with the sealant before building the fuel tanks.

[@BlueSkyFlight]

Thank you ! It’s a sticky mess isn’t it :)

[@FlyingSenior]

@@BlueSkyFlight My EAA Technical Counselor gave me the best advice: Double nitrile gloves. I you get the tiniest bit of sealant on a glove, shed it and put on another because it'll get on everything. Warned that I'd go through about a dozen gloves total. Think I shed at least six total just on this one job. My wife helped by managing the curled-back skin. She went through four gloves. The trailing edge is clecoed (every hole) in aluminum angle. Flame Master's info sheet lists 114-hours for full cure. I'll respect that.

[@BlueSkyFlight]

LOL yeah it’s a mess

[@JoshWelsh]

Thanks! This is super helpful, I'm doing the exact same steps on the same kit here soon..

[@BlueSkyFlight]

Glad to hear it. Let me know how it goes!

[@JoshWelsh]

@@BlueSkyFlight Will do. You're a bit ahead of me, I'm starting the vertical now but these videos have been really helpful. Thanks again!