06/25/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Finished Drilling Left Side (1 Hours)
Today I finished match drilling all the remaining holes on HS-601 skin for the left half of the horizontal stabilizer.
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06/24/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Drilling (2 Hours)
It has been a long time since the last update! I caught a really bad cold last Sunday that basically
Read more06/16/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Fitted Inner Ribs (5.5 Hours)
Today I spent a couple hours on fitting the inner ribs (well I called them “inner” as they will be
Read more06/14/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Cleco Left Skin (1 Hour)
I clecod the skin onto left half of the horizontal stabilizer today. Initially when removing the protective plastic on the
Read more06/13/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Cleco Left Side Skeleton (1.5 Hour)
Today I started the section in the plan that’s called “Drilling the horizontal stabilizer”, which is essentially putting the skins
Read more06/11/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Front and Rear Spar Miscellaneous Items (1 Hour)
I drilled and primed a new elevator bearing today, carefully avoiding primer on the most inner bearings. I still ended
Read more06/10/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Finished Preparing the Ribs (3 Hours)
Basically continue on what I was working on yesterday. Now I’ve prepared HS-706, HS-707 and HS-708 ribs. HS-00005 and HS-00006
Read more06/09/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Ribs Fluting and Flange Faceting Removal (2 Hours)
This is my first time experience in fluting so it took me about an hour to finish the first rib.
Read more06/08/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Trimmed and Edge Deburred Ribs (2.5 Hours)
The aft flange on HS-00006 front rib need to be trimmed according to plan. I marked the line and used
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