Today I checked the FAA website. I did an N-number search and found they
issued my registration dated May 1, 2014.
I emailed the FAA Title Company and re quested
the send me a "fly wire" temporary registration so I can proceed to
have the DAR certification inspection. I
have not heard anything from them as of this evening. I spent several hours at the hangar putting
the airplane back together. I also went
to Sign*A*Rama and ordered some new N-numbers in a dark red vinyl. It will not be a perfect match but it should
be close enough. I also ordered a pair
of RV-12 letters 2" high to put on the wide red stripe on the lower
cowl. I hope it turns out OK. I started to assemble the airplane by installing
the vertical stab. I bolted it in place
and torque the bolts. I printed little labels
showing the torque values and put them on the forward and rear attachment
points for future reference.
I also
installed the trim tab on the rudder.
I installed the rudder and hooked up the
rudder control cables. I then began to
install the stabilator. I propped
the stabilator on the backs of the plastic chairs on top of some moving pads. I sharpened some pieces of ¼" dowels to
inset into the bolt holes to hold the stabilator on the tail. It worked really well. I removed one of the dowels and installed the
bolt. Then I removed the second dowel
and install that bolt. I torqued the bolts and proceeded to install the
AST.
That turned out to be a fairly
simple procedure. The whole thing went
together fairly well. It did take some
ingenuity to get all of the control cables attached without loosening them but
I did it.
I even put the placards on the AST and the
fuel filler above the fuel cap.
I installed the flaperons on the wings.
I also installed the wing tip lighting. Tomorrow I will start working on the forward
end with the engine cowling, the fuselage upper skin and the canopy.
