In keeping with the general build plan, the next phase of the tail construction was to drill out all the holes to ye olde A4 rivet size. This completes the skin, spar and ribs preparation, they now need to be…
Month: March 2011
Day 36: Stabilizer Skin and Rear Bracket (1hr 30m)
After last week’s failure with the straps I started off the day by duct taping the skin to the spar and then trying to get the straps over and around and tight. No matter how we tried we couldn’t get…
Day 35: Stabilizer Skin (40m)
Today I had planned to get the skin drilled and assembled to the spars but it wasn’t to be. Skins seem to be a bit of an Achilles Heel with me. Anyway, I got the skin out and clecoed it…
Day 34: Stabilizer Skeleton Assembly (1hr 20)
The first business of the day was locating and drilling the upper and lower doublers into the front spar. A tip rib gets attached to each end of the spars and an L-angle gets cut to support it against the…
Day 33: Horizontal Tail: Starting the Stabilizer (1 hr)
Time to start a brand new kit!! The tail definitely represents a new challenge in the construction, bigger pieces, and some intricate placing of parts. Anyway, the first act of the day was to take the tail parts out of…