Stabilator – Spars preparation
Clecoed together the spar box parts. Started riveting but decided to put it on hold till my new rivet squeezer arrived. The squeezer I’ve got has a tendency to skew rivets inwards of the yoke, so I bought another one …
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Stabilator – Spar box parts
Spar box parts prepared (cut, drilled, countersunk and deburred) Had only 1 hour today
Stabilator – Started
Started a new section of the empennage – the main section of the horizontal stabilizer, aka Stabilator. It looks like it may take some time to build it. It is larger and more complex than anything I’ve build so far …
Horizontal Stab – Anti-Servo – Completed
Anti-Servo Tab is finally completed. It is a small and simple part, but for some reason it took much longer than I expected to finish it. Spend 3 hours.
Horizontal Stab – Anti-Servo – Riveting
Had very little time for building tonight Riveted top skin to the ribs and clecoed the top part of the font spar. Had to change the sequence of the operations. The assembly manual calls for riveting the top of the …
Horizontal Stab – Anti-Servo – hinges etc
Had a chance to finish deburring holes in the skin and ribs. Cut, drilled and deburred hinges. The hinges don’t seem to be alclad so I primed them with White Knight Rust Guard SLS Etch Primer. Now everything is ready for …
Horizontal Stab – Anti-Servo – more deburring
More drilling and deburring. This anti-servo tab looks so small. I thought I’ll finish it within 4-5 hours. It seems it may take well over 10 hours to complete it. Will see. So far all drilling is done except hinges. …
Horizontal Stab – Anti-Servo started
Did not have much time tonight to do anything exciting. It was all boring deburring. Ready for clecoing, match-drilling and some more deburring. Spend 2 hours.
Rudder – Completed
After much struggle with riveting the solid rivets, I achieved the level of work I find acceptable. Blind rivets are so much nicer!!! Anyway I put the rudder skin on and riveted it on the skeleton. Skin holes line up …
Rudder – Skeleton Started
Started building the rudder skeleton Solid rivets drive me crazy. Not sure why Van’s want the rivets installed with manufactured head outside, on the thicker metal. The shop head deforms the thin metal of the rib quite a bit. It …