The heat isn’t getting any better so I thought I would just put the skins onto the spar but it turned out I needed to do a little bit more first. I started off by putting some corrosion protector on…
Category: Horizontal Tail
Day 56: Re-assembly Prep (3 hr)
It’s hot (have I mentioned that yet) and so its a case of just doing a little when I feel like it and so today was some time to get things ready for rivet time. It started with finishing the…
Days 54 and 55: Deburring (1hr 15m)
Too hot to really do anything but I stole a few minutes here and there to deburr some elevator parts. Easier than doing them all in one go.
Day 53: Elevator Final Assembly (50m)
The final day of drilling on the elevator! First I flipped the elevator over and drilled out the remaining holes to their final sizes. I then started disassembling everything, marking everything I could with letters to help identify where they…
Day 52: Trim Tab Servo (1hr 30m)
The first task of the day was to centre the servo actuator so that it was in the middle position. That way it will have maximum forward and back motion in the plane. To do this I used a 9V…