08/15/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Riveting Back Spar (2.5 Hours)
I got to work on the project today because of smoke coming from mountain fires forcing me to reschedule the
Read moreI got to work on the project today because of smoke coming from mountain fires forcing me to reschedule the
Read moreI haven’t made much progress in the past 10 days again due to flight instruction and family duties. When I
Read moreBefore priming today, I actually spent some time yesterday washing all the parts with water and later with mineral spirit.
Read moreI finished sanding all parts of the horizontal stabilizer skeleton today. I started to get a better feeling of the
Read moreAfter a two week break from building due to flight instructing and a flying trip to Oshkosh, I got back
Read moreI deburred the edges of the spars and skin today. Deburring spars is pretty easy with the bench grinder. But
Read moreI completed the dimpling step today by finishing dimpling all the ribs’s flanges. I went on to complete a task
Read moreFirst I finished deburring the holes on the skins. Then I started dimpling the holes on those skins. The horizontal
Read moreFirst day of the “tedious” process of preparing for priming and final assembly. I deburred holes for most of the
Read moreI revisited the first section of the horizontal stabilizer today and riveted the elevator hinge bearing and brackets together, and
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