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…
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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…
Day 32: Completion of Left Inboard Flaperon (1hr 15m)
Not much left to do on the flaperon today. During the week I had ordered more anti-corrosion protectant and so the first order of the day was to apply that where I had run out the previous weekend. Once dry…