06/11/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Front and Rear Spar Miscellaneous Items (1 Hour)
I drilled and primed a new elevator bearing today, carefully avoiding primer on the most inner bearings. I still ended
Read more06/10/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Finished Preparing the Ribs (3 Hours)
Basically continue on what I was working on yesterday. Now I’ve prepared HS-706, HS-707 and HS-708 ribs. HS-00005 and HS-00006
Read more06/09/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Ribs Fluting and Flange Faceting Removal (2 Hours)
This is my first time experience in fluting so it took me about an hour to finish the first rib.
Read more06/08/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Trimmed and Edge Deburred Ribs (2.5 Hours)
The aft flange on HS-00006 front rib need to be trimmed according to plan. I marked the line and used
Read more06/05/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer-Drilled Relief Holes and Bent Front Spar (2 Hours)
I was a little nervous at the beginning of today’s session, because I haven’t practiced drilling relief hole or bending
Read more06/04/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer- Marked Bend Lines and Drill positions on Front Spar (3 Hours)
The front spar requires more work than the rear spar, because as Van’s points out in their instructions that the
Read more06/01/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer-Primed Elevator Hinge Bearing and First Mistake(1 hour)
Today I primed the hinge bearing VA-146 and a little rough area of the hinge bracket. After spraying primer on
Read more05/31/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Elevator Bracket and Bearing (1 Hour)
Match drilled all elevator brackets and bearings. The center hinge bearing was a little awkward to access once it is
Read more05/29/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Match Drilled Rear Spars (1.5 Hours)
Today I match drilled the holes to size #30 on the rear spars and reinforcement bars. After that I drilled
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