06/10/2018 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 have not been fluted yet because I’ll need to cleco on the skins to find out the rivet holes’ location on those ribs before fluting.

The first two pieces(HS-707) I prepared today still cost about one hour each, and I’m still not that happy with the result. I’m planning to take another look and make probably a little more adjustment before clecoing them onto the spars and skin. When I moved onto HS-708 I was getting a little better and more efficient. Hopefully it’s trending upward for the future ribs 🙂