Fuselage pickup
David and I went out to the ABF freight terminal today to pickup my fuselage kit. It just barely fit in his truck. We got it back to my garage safe and sound. I spent the rest of the day unpacking and inventorying all of the parts. There are a lot of them. That was a very fun day. Kinda’ like Christmas in July.
Tanya’s niece Erica was here for the weekend so she helped get all of the packing paper in the trash. Watson got in on some of the action too. He goes bonkers for ripping up paper. It is his favorite thing to do and there was lots of it. By the end of the day, we had both crates cut up with the chainsaw and out to the curb for trash pickup. I must say I was amazed that they took the chopped up crates without being broken down or bundled or anything. Tanya said they would (how did she know that?). I have learned to just accept some minor mysteries.
Update: I spent much of the morning of the next day finishing up inventory and storage of all of the fuselage parts. Everything is accounted for and in good condition. No missing parts or back ordered items.
With my fuselage kit, I ordered a bunch of other random materials that I thought I might want. This included some large pieces of three thicknesses of aluminum sheet, six or seven assorted six foot lengths of aluminum angle, a selection of platenuts and other hardware. Included in these extras that I wanted were some K1000-06 platenuts to be used with #6 screws. What I got were these huge platenuts for something like a 3/8″ bolt. A K1000-06 is a small platenut for a #6 screw right? Or did I order the wrong thing? I think these are going back to Vans.
