Swartley's RV-9

Build Updates:

Empennage (129.50 Hours)

Wings (305.00 hours)

Fuselage (263.25 hours)

2005-10-30: TOOLS
2006-02-11: Stupid Thing

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Ok Here's the deal. DON'T even think this site is a manual or
instructions to build a plane. This site is for entertainment only.
This site chronicles the construction of my airplane for my
Friends and Family to see what I'm doing and nothing more.

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Empennage:

Horizontal Stabilizer

2005-11-25: 3.0 Hours The Build Starts

2005-11-26: 5.0 Hours Building The HS Skeleton

2005-11-27: 4.0 Hours Drilling the Skin to the Skeleton

2005-11-29: 2.5 Hours Deburr & Dimple Ribs, Countersink Doublers

2005-11-30: 2.0 Hour Deburr Skins, Build Dimple Table

2005-12-05: 3.0 Hour Dimple and Devinyled Skins

2005-12-26: 4.0 Painting

2005-12-29: 4.0 First Rivets

2006-01-02: 7.5 Horizontal Stabilizer Done

Vertical Stabilizer

2005-12-10: 5.0 Started on the VS

2005-12-27: 3.0 Painting

2006-01-03: 1.0 Rivet Vertical Stabilizer Aft Spar

2006-01-04: 1.25 Rivet Forward Spar and Skin

2006-01-10: 3.0 Finished the Vertical Stabilizer

Rudder

2006-01-12: 1.0 Started Rudder

2006-01-16: 1.0 Screwball 101

2006-01-17: 0.0 Found the problem

2006-01-20: 1.0 Recut the Stiffeners

2006-01-21: 6.5 Rudder Prefit

2006-01-22: 3.0 Finish Rudder Prep

2006-01-23: 1.0 Paint Rudder Skins

2006-01-24: 3.0 Paint Rudder Skeleton

2006-01-29: 2.5 Started Riveting Rudder

2006-01-31: 3.5 Rudder Riveting

2006-02-07: 1.5 Elevator Stiffeners & Rudder Wedge

2006-02-13: 2.0 Rudder Epoxy

2006-02-14: 6.5 Finish Rudder & Right Elevator Drilling

Right Elevator

2006-02-15: 1.5 Dimpling & RV-9A Look

2006-02-16: 5.25 Right Elevator Final Prep & Painting

2006-02-20: 2.0 Skin Devinal Spar Painting

2006-02-21: 4.0 Assembling Right Elevator

2006-02-25: 3.5 More Assembling Right Elevator

2006-02-26: 1.5 Finishing the Right Elevator

Left Elevator

2006-03-03: 1.0 Started Left Elevator

2006-03-05: 5.0 Left Elevator Work

2006-03-19: 2.0 Left Elevator Priming

2006-03-24: 2.0 Left Elevator Skin Priming

2006-03-25: 1.0 Left Elevator Skin Devinaling

2006-04-18: 1.0 Back in the shop on the Left Elevator

2006-04-19: 4.5 Left Elevator Assembly

2006-04-22: 1.5 Left Elevator Trailing Edge

2006-04-23: 1.5 Left Elevator Trailing Edge and Trim Servo

2006-04-28: 1.75 Left Elevator Trim Tab

2006-06-09: 1.5 Left Elevator Trim Tab

2006-08-05: 1.5 Left Elevator Trim Tab

2006-10-07: 2.0 Trim tap primming prep

2006-11-04: 1.25 Trim Tab Work

2007-01-05: 1.0 Trim Tab Proseal

2007-01-06: 0.5 Trim Tab Riveting

2007-01-27: 1.0 Trim Tab Hinge

2007-02-28: 1.0 Trim Tab Hinge

Wings:

Begining

2006-04-26: 0.0 Started Wings

2006-07-07: 0.0 Wings Delivered

2006-07-13: 0.0 Wing Storage

2006-07-23: 0.0 Windless

2006-07-25: 0.5 Fluting

2006-08-05: 3.0 Fluting

2006-08-13: 3.5 Deburring Ribs

2006-08-14: 2.75 Deburring Ribs

Left Wing

2006-08-22: 0.5 Spar Platenut Attach

2006-08-27: 3.0 Spar Platenut Attach

2006-09-02: 4.0 Main Spar Work

2006-09-03: 1.5 Main Spar Work

2006-09-23: 0.0 Built the Wing Jig

2006-09-26: 1.5 Drilling Ribs to Spars

2006-10-07: 1.0 Primming Prep

2006-10-08: 3.0 Primming

2006-10-10: 2.0 Started Assembly of Left Wing Skeleton

2006-10-11: 4.0 WOO HOO four hours tonight, Left wing building

2006-10-14: 6.0 Left leading edge and tank

2006-10-21: 2.75 Left tank Removal

2006-10-22: 2.0 Left tank Work

2006-10-26: 1.0 Tank Sealing Plates

2006-11-03: 2.0 More Tank work

2006-11-20: 2.0 Tank Access Plate

2006-11-21: 1.5 Tank Drain and Fill

2006-11-24: 2.75 Priming

2006-11-26: 1.5 Leading Edge Prep

2006-11-27: 1.5 Tank Prep

2006-11-29: 1.5 Tank Prep

2006-11-30: 0.5 Devinyling

2006-12-01: 1.0 Devinyling

2006-12-03: 0.5 Wing Walk

2006-12-05: 2.5 Tank & Leading Edge Skins

2006-12-06: 3.5 Top Wing Skins

2006-12-12: 1.0 Bottom Wing Skins

2006-12-13: 1.75 Bottom Wing Skins

2006-12-16: 0.5 Bottom Wing Skins

2006-12-18: 2.0 Bottom Wing Skins

2006-12-23: 7.0 Priming Left Wing Skins

2007-01-02: 1.25 Working on Leading Edge

2007-01-03: 1.5 More of yesterday

2007-01-08: 2.0 Seal in Tank Stiffeners

2007-01-13: 3.0 Seal in Drain Flange and Fill Neck

2007-01-14: 3.5 Set center tank ribs

2007-01-19: 0.0 Idea

2007-01-20: 1.0 Tech Visit & Priming Spar

2007-01-21: 1.0 Leading Edge Work

2007-01-22: 2.0 Leading Edge Riviting

2007-01-27: 4.0 Tank Riviting

2007-03-24: 3.0 Tank Rework

2007-04-07: 1.0 Tank Work

2007-05-19: 6.25 Tank Work

2007-05-20: 1.0 Left Wing Werk

2007-05-24: 1.0 Left wing Pitot

2007-05-28: 3.0 Left Wing Flap and pitot

2007-06-02: 6.5 Left Tank Fittings & Tubes

2007-06-07: 2.5 Flap & Aleron bracket Prep

2007-06-11: 1.0 Prep for Tank Closing

2007-06-13: 3.0 Tank Closing

2007-06-16: 4.0 Left Wing Priming & Reading for riveting top skins

2007-06-18: 0.0 Left Wing Testing

2007-06-28: 1.5 Mount Tank to Wing

2007-06-29: 1.0 Attach pitot angle

2007-07-10: 1.5 Riveting Top Skin

2007-07-16: 1.5 Remount Tank, Riveting

2007-07-21: 1.5 J Stringers

2007-07-30: 1.5 Riveting Top Skin

2007-08-20: 1.5 Finish Riveting Top Skin, Hinge Install

2007-08-24: 1.0 Gap Faring Fittin

2007-08-25: 3.75 Gap Faring Prime & Rivet

Flaps & Alerons

2007-06-30: 3.0 Left Aleron Work

2007-07-01: 1.5 PRIMEing TIME

2007-07-02: 3.5 Riveting Aleron & Top Wing Skin

2007-07-04: 1.0 Aleron Assembly

2007-07-05: 1.0 Drilling Aleron

2007-08-09: 1.5 Flap Work

2007-08-28: 3.0 Flap Drillingf

2007-08-29: 1.0 Started on Right Stuff

2007-08-30: 2.0 Right Aleron

2007-08-31: 1.0 Prime R Aleron

2007-09-01: 4.25 R Aleron Drilling, Flap Drilling

2007-09-02: 2.0 Drill Right Flap

2007-09-04: 1.5 Prep Flap and Aleron Spars for Prime

2007-09-09: 2.0 Prep Flap and Aleron Nose Skins for Prime

2007-09-14: 0.5 Right Aleron Ready for Prime

2007-09-15: 4.0 Flap and Aleron Skins ready for Prime

2007-09-16: 1.5 Start Priming Skins & Skeliton parts Getting ready for prime

2007-09-17: 1.5 Flap & aleron Prime Prep

2007-09-21: 7.5 Finish Skeliton Prime Prep & Prime

2007-09-22: 2.0 Riveting Flap Hinge Brackets

2007-09-24: 1.0 Start Left Aleron Assemble

2007-09-25: 1.5 Left Aleron Assemble

2007-09-30: 3.0 Left & Right Aleron Assemble

2007-10-05: 5.0 Left & Right Aleron Assemble & Left Flap

2007-10-07: 0.75 Left Flap Assemble

2007-10-10: 1.0 Left Flap Assemble

2007-10-14: 3.25 Left & Right Flap Assemble

2007-10-15: 1.0 Right Flap Assemble

2007-10-17: 0.5 Right Flap Assemble

2007-10-19: 0.5 Right Flap Assemble

2007-10-20: 0.5 LEFT & RIGHT FLAPS & ALERONS DONE

Right Wing

2007-11-06: 2.0 Right Wing Spar

2007-11-07: 1.5 Right Spar

2007-11-09: 1.5 Right Rear Spar

2007-11-11: 2.0 Right Wing Skeliton

2007-11-19: 0.5 Wing Ribs

2007-11-21: 1.0 Spar

2007-11-22: 2.5 Priming

2007-11-23: 4.5 Skeliton Work

2007-11-26: 5.25 Right Wing Stuff

2007-11-27: 2.0 Rework

2007-11-29: 0.5 Drilling

2007-12-04: 1.0 Deburr & Dimple

2007-12-06: 1.0 Countersink

2007-12-09: 3.0 J Channel

2007-12-10: 1.75 Tank

2007-12-11: 1.25 Skins

2007-12-13: 1.5 Inner Top Skin

2007-12-16: 2.5 Deburr and Dimple Outter Top Skin

2008-01-06: 3.0 Deburr & Dimple Bottom Skins

2008-01-08: 1.0 Tank Stiffeners

2008-01-09: 0.5 Drilled Cap & Senders

2008-01-16: 2.0 Tank Inner Ribs

2008-01-20: 2.0 Tank Work

2008-01-24: 1.5 Tank Ribs

2008-01-26: 1.5 Tank Skins

2008-02-02: 2.5 Tank, Tank Alot.

2008-02-09: 7.5 Leading Edge

2008-02-10: 0.5 Prime Spar

2008-02-13: 1.5 Leading Edge Rivet

2008-02-14: 0.5 Tank Prep

2008-02-16: 2.5 Rivet Tanks Stiffeners

2008-02-18: 0.5 Cleco Tank together

2008-02-19: 1.5 Drain & Fill

2008-02-20: 1.25 2 Ribs

2008-02-21: 1.0 Priming Top Skins

2008-02-22: 1.5 2 More Ribs

2008-03-06: 2.5 1 Inner Rib and the Outboard Rib

2008-03-07: 1.0 Inboard Rib Prep

2008-03-09: 4.0 Wing Top Skins

2008-03-12: 1.5 Last tank rib

2008-03-14: 1.5 Preping tank innerds

2008-03-15: 1.5 Tank innerds in

2008-03-18: 0.5 Flap and Aleron Hinges

2008-03-20: 0.5 Flap Hinges

2008-03-23: 1.5 Flap Hinge /drillin

2008-03-25: 1.5 Hinge Prep

2008-04-01: 2.0 Priming

2008-04-02: 0.75 Rivet Aleron Hinges

2008-04-04: 1.0 Rivet Flap Hinges

2008-04-07: 1.5 Rerivet Flap Hinges

2008-04-09: 2.5 Tank Baffel

2008-04-16: 0.0 Tank Testing

2008-04-18: 1.75 Gap Seal Prep & Prime

2008-04-20: 1.0 Gap Seal Riveting

2008-10-11: 0.5 Small Aleron Push Pull Tubes

2008-10-25: 1.5 Large Aleron Push Pull Tubes

2008-11-26: 1.5 Aleron Push Pull Tubes

2008-11-28: 1.5 More Aleron Push Pull Tubes

Fuselage:

Begining

2008-10-22: 0.0 Ordered Fuselage

2009-01-07: 0.0 Fuselage Arrived!

2009-01-08: 0.0 Fuselage Unpacking

2009-01-11: 0.0 Fuselage Unpacking

Bulkheads

2009-01-17: 3.25 Bulkhead Deburring

2009-01-18: 2.0 Bulkheads

2009-01-24: 0.0 Firewall

2009-01-25: 2.25 Drilling Firewall

2009-01-29: 1.0 F-601-TD

2009-01-31: 1.0 F-601-Z Firewall Take Down

2009-02-01: 1.25 F-633-L

2009-02-09: 2.0 F-705

2009-02-10: 2.0 More Work F-705

2009-02-11: 2.0 More F-705

2009-02-12: 0.5 Still More

2009-02-13: 2.5 Bulkheads

2009-02-14: 2.0 F-710

2009-02-15: 1.25 Firewall

2009-02-16: 0.5 Firewall Recess

2009-02-17: 0.5 Firewall

2009-02-18: 0.5 Deburring

2009-02-19: 0.75 More Deburring

2009-02-20: 2.5 F-904

2009-02-21: 8.0 Priming and Riveting

2009-02-22: 2.0 F-711 F-710

2009-02-23: 1.0 F-904 Riveting

2009-02-24: 1.0 Control

2009-02-25: 2.0 Firewall Riveting

2009-02-26: 0.5 F-706

2009-03-06: 2.5 F-904 Bulkhead Fittin

Longerons

2009-03-01: 0.5 J-Channel

2009-03-02: 0.5 Longeron Marking

2009-03-04: 1.0 Cut Longerons

2009-03-05: 0.5 Prep J-Channels

2009-03-07: 0.5 Longeron Work

2009-03-13: 1.0 Longeron Bending

2009-03-14: 5.5 Longeron Bending & Aft Fuselage

2009-07-24: 2.25 Deburr & Countersink Fuselage

Aft Fuselage

2009-02-27: 1.5 Mouse Hole

2009-02-28: 1.0 Aft Fuselage

2009-03-11: 1.0 WD-409 Drilling

2009-03-15: 3.5 Aft Fuselage assembly and blow apart

2009-05-25: 8.5 Priming, Aft Fuselage Riveting

2009-05-31: 5.0 Aft Fuselage Assembly

2009-07-21: 0.5 Deburr and Dimple Holes on Forward of Aft Skins

2009-08-25: 1.25 Prime Aft Fuselage

2009-09-12: 2.0 Rivet Aft and Fwd Fuselage

Center Fuselage

2009-03-17: 0.5 Seat Rib Access

2009-03-18: 2.0 Seat Ribs and Spacers

2009-03-19: 0.5 Baggage Ribs

2009-03-20: 1.5 F-623

2009-03-21: 6.5 Center Fuselage Drilling, Disassemble

2009-03-22: 1.0 Dimpling Center Fuselage

2009-03-24: 1.0 Deburr Bagage Ribs

2009-03-25: 1.0 Deburring Seat Ribs

2009-03-29: 1.0 Deburring Seat Ribs

2009-04-01: 1.25 Deburring Bottom Skins

2009-04-10: 4.5 J Channel Work & Skin Dimples

2009-04-11: 3.0 Deburring Skins and Vinal removal

2009-04-13: 1.0 Crotch Strap Bracket Deburring

2009-04-17: 0.75 F-972 Deburring

2009-04-18: 2.5 Priming Skins

2009-04-19: 4.5 Priming Prep and Priming

2009-06-02: 3.0 Center Fuselage Work with Art Clark

2009-06-03: 0.5 Rivet Center Fuselage

2009-06-04: 2.0 More Rivet Center Fuselage

2009-06-07: 1.0 Still More Rivet Center Fuselage

2009-06-09: 1.0 Yea Still More Rivet Center Fuselage

2009-06-14: 3.25 Attach Center and Aft Fuselage

2009-06-16: 1.0 Arm Rest Drilling

2009-06-23: 1.0 Bending L Side Skin

2009-06-26: 1.0 Bending R Side Skin

2009-06-28: 2.0 Drilling R Longeron

2009-06-29: 1.5 Drilling L Longeron

2009-07-02: 3.0 Drill Fwd Longerons

2009-07-08: 1.5 Baggage Wall Skins

2009-08-02: 1.5 Deburr Seat and Baggage Floors

2009-08-05: 1.0 Deburr Seat and Baggage Ribs

2009-08-06: 0.5 Rivet Fixin

2009-08-07: 1.25 Center Fuselage Riveting

2009-08-23: 5.0 Priming Day

2009-09-03: 1.0 Start to Rivet Center and Aft Fuselage

2009-09-05: 1.0 Prep and Prime L Side Skin

2009-09-07: 8.5 Prep and Prime R Side Skin, Fuselage Assembly

2009-09-08: 1.0 Dimple Outboard Seat Rib

2009-09-13: 1.0 Fuselage Riveting

2009-09-18: 0.0 Fuselage Pictures

2009-09-20: 1.75 Fuselage Riveting

2009-09-23: 1.5 Fuselage Riveting

2009-09-29: 4.0 Fuselage Riveting & CANOE ROLLING

2009-10-01: 0.0 Pictures with the Wife

2009-10-04: 6.75 After Roll Fuselage Work

Forward Fuselage

2009-07-04: 2.5 Drilling F-719, 713, 917

2009-07-05: 4.5 Fitting the F-684 Gussets

2009-07-09: 1.0 Making the Rudder Pedals

2009-07-10: 0.0 Pictures before work

2009-07-12: 0.0 Futzing around pictures

2009-07-15: 1.25 Drilled Forward Floor Stiffeners to the Flor Skin

2009-07-18: 2.5 Drilled Rudder Pedal assemvly to the fuselage

2009-07-19: 0.0 Took apart the fuselage

2009-07-25: 3.0 Deburr and Dimple Stuff

2009-09-09: 1.5 Rivet Fuselage side skins

2009-09-11: 2.0 Bolt F-904 Forward side

Fuselage after Rolling

2009-10-05: 1.0 aft top skins

2009-10-07: 2.5 F-6111

2009-10-08: 1.0 L step

2009-10-11: 0.5 Rivet R F-695

2009-10-12: 1.5 Rivet L F-695

2009-10-13: 0.5 Tie down holder

2009-10-16: 1.5 Side rails

2009-10-20: 3.0 L step

2009-10-30: 0.0

2009-11-01: 2.0 L seat hinge

2009-11-02: 1.0 Seat back

2009-11-04: 2.0 Seat back

2009-11-13: 1.0 More seat back

2009-11-15: 6.0 Priming

2009-11-16: 1.0 R seat back rivet

2009-11-22: 4.0 L seat, bag floors, crotch strap

2009-11-23: 2.5 seat floors, control column

2009-11-26: 2.0 nutplates, cleaning

2009-11-30: 2.0 Flaps

2009-12-21: 2.0 F-656 gussets

2009-12-26: 5.5 Baggage bulkhead

2009-12-28: 2.0 Baggage Tunnel Cover

2009-12-29: 0.0 Nut Idea

2009-12-30: 2.0 Nutplate Drilling

2010-01-03: 3.5 Tunnel Cover

2010-01-06: 2.0 Baggage Bulkhead, Derlin Rod

2010-01-09: 2.0 Fwd Fuse Covers

2010-01-17: 0.75 Stick Boot Rings

2010-01-20: 1.0 Finish Stick Boot Rings, LISA RIVETED.

2010-01-23: 1.0 prep for prime

2010-01-24: 4.0 Priming, nutplate install

2010-01-25: 2.0 Elec Aleron Elevator Pushrod, Aleron Trim

2010-02-03: 0.0 ????

2010-02-06: 0.0 ????

2010-02-07: 2.0 Fwd fuse top skins

2010-02-10: 4.0 fwd upper fuse

Finishing:

Begining

2010-01-28: 0.0 Ordered Finishing Kit

2010-04-23: 0.0 Finishing Kit Arrived!

Finishing Fuselage

2010-04-29: 3.0 Drilling Motor Mount to Fuselage