Starting the Vortex

Early this morning I heard a big truck coming up the driveway and it was the cement truck to do Parker's floor.  A little later a second one came and parked in our driveway while the first one was finishing unloading.  It was time for Vera to head for bible study so I asked the driver to pull ahead about five feet so she could get out and then I took this picture.

After the second driver had backed down I walked over and took this picture.  I think it took four truck loads to do the shop and sidewalk.

I had a text from Theresa wanting to know if I was flying today, I said no, Vera was at bible study and I was working on the Vortex in front of the pellet stove.  She sent me this picture of the group that was there and gave me a bad time about bragging.

So I sent her a picture of the plans with the stove in the background.

The Vortex is so big none of my building boards would work but on Monday I found this four by four piece of three quarter inch plywood in the front room of the shop .  I got one rudder built Monday evening.  Today I laid out the plans and started planning the retract installation.  I came up with three different ways to do it and ended up choosing plane "B".  The plans will never look the same again with all the red and blue lines I drew.  I got the mounting plates for the main gear done tonight along with one reinforcement for the rib it mounts to.  Now that I have a plan I think the build will go fairly fast.