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Today was the not-as-fun part of building an airplane. I final drilled all of the holes in the skins (took about an hour and a half), marked the empennage fairing attachment holes on the skins and ribs, and then took… Read More »Match Drilling and Deburring
I put in another solid day today on the horizontal stabilizer. I started out by building some cradles to hold the stabilizer. The plans call for making cradles out of plywood but I went with a simpler approach that would… Read More »Horizontal Stabilizer Initial Assembly
Thankfully I work for a company that hasn’t been negatively impacted by COVID-19 and I have been able to work from home since March. I also haven’t taken any time off since then so I decided I needed to take… Read More »Horiz. Stabilizer Front Spar, Inspar Ribs, and Nose Ribs
When I finished up for the evening on Wednesday I took a look through the next step (Page 8-3, step 3). This step requires you to fabricate two brackets from a piece of thick aluminum angle. These are important brackets… Read More »Front Spar Attach Brackets
I got started on the horizontal stabilizer this evening. This is a large part and the rear spar is over 11 feet long. Hannah came out to remove the bluing and to help support the spar for all of the… Read More »Getting Started on the Horizontal Stabilizer
