And Now For A Little Assembly – Page 6 – The building of my Kitfox

Control column

AD25D1AF-E438-4DFE-88AC-D94A3B7CA37B — Assembled control column

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Beginning the build

09DB05A6-0CFD-4F3E-B865-4B730B5156E2 — Started fitting ribs.

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E37CE727-F7E4-40B3-98E6-D1B6648948B3 — Stabilizer hysoled, elevator next

644330DA-615B-4342-B460-28F91116C5C9 — Elevator hysoled

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36DA4C06-81DB-40E7-88A1-F4E182A7BF7E — Hysoled balsa to stabilizer and elevator ends

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D59FC554-17C9-495C-98E4-76A90B5E20A8 — Balsa sanded and used Superfil to finish.

323DF8EC-738C-47BB-B8EC-5B22346CF575 — Just needs a coat of Hysol to finish.

7CF4E905-A016-4697-B71E-38D90A8FD90A — Fitting bearings for elevator

6973A2FD-E825-44BD-9EA5-5D3565FBB1B4 — Fabricated tool to sand down bearing

FB1AE398-F361-4783-8004-5FF01B079ABD — Tool and bearing in drill press

4A75343A-2459-424F-BD1D-74A4A63F8D4E — Got good fit on all seven bearings.

Kitfox pick up day.

20E8E3B6-96C6-493A-9124-2884388C4296 — Left home early, 1:30 AM July 16th 2018, from Scappoose,OR

08ED19C9-E7D1-4E5C-A148-4D8A7505F762 — Arrive in Homedale,ID about 1:00

E3B7A9DD-704F-466C-8236-DEA73CC22C31 — Branden helped me load it all. Thank you Brandon!

B1EB939E-876F-4B6E-BE7F-38B92B3CFD95 — Arrived back in Scappoose about 9:30 in the evening. A long day!

69633080-2A5D-4F7D-82FA-98DC9238701E — Started putting parts away.

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The Birthplace of Frontier Fox N1701K

This is my shop, it is a 36×48 pole building.

The shop has been used for a lot through the years so I’m reorganizing for the airplane build

The shop has been used for a lot through the years so I’m reorganizing for the airplane build

Time to reorganize.

Time to reorganize.

Shelving for tools and Kitfox parts

Shelving for tools and Kitfox parts

Needed new air compressor

Needed new air compressor

Lots of floor space now!

Lots of floor space now!

Wing rotisserie’s in the corner.

Wing rotisserie’s in the corner.

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