The last post ended on a downer but the good news is that I think there is no need to worry as where the two parts of the tail meet there are some washers that should sort the spacing out.…
Category: Horizontal Tail
Back at the Tail (1 hr)
It won’t be too long before I want to put the tail on so in preparation for that I had to go back and finishing mounting the stabilizer to the elevator. Putting the two together showed that there was interference…
Day 68: Elevator Finished (Again), Wing Spars (45 m)
Really not much to say here, I re-attached the elevator skins to the spar and riveted. This completes the elevator, again. Hopefully this is ok now though I wonder if this time around is any better than my original attempt.…
Day 67: Completed nose ribs, back to the tail (1hr 50m)
First step to finishing the nose rib assembly is to open the holes for an A4 rivet. And then there is the deburring, always with the deburring. I still find a twist of a drill bit the most effective method.…
Day 64: New Nose Skin Number 2 (1 hr)
A couple of work trips to London and San Francisco plus temps in the 110s meant new motivation to work on the plane for a while. But I am anxious to get the wings out of the box so I…