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08/15/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Riveting Back Spar (2.5 Hours)

August 16, 2018September 8, 2018 admin

I got to work on the project today because of smoke coming from mountain fires forcing me to reschedule the

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08/13/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Going Backwards and Learning From Mistakes

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 admin

I haven’t made much progress in the past 10 days again due to flight instruction and family duties. When I

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08/03/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Primed All Skeleton Parts (3 Hours)

August 4, 2018August 7, 2018 admin

Before priming today, I actually spent some time yesterday washing all the parts with water and later with mineral spirit.

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08/01/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Finished Sanding (2 Hours)

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 admin

I finished sanding all parts of the horizontal stabilizer skeleton today. I started to get a better feeling of the

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07/31/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Sanding Before Priming (5 Hours)

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 admin

After a two week break from building due to flight instructing and a flying trip to Oshkosh, I got back

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07/17/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Deburred Edges (1 Hour)

July 18, 2018July 19, 2018 admin

I deburred the edges of the spars and skin today. Deburring spars is pretty easy with the bench grinder. But

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07/15/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Finished Dimpling and Trimmed for Elevator Control Horns (2 Hours)

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 admin

I completed the dimpling step today by finishing dimpling all the ribs’s flanges. I went on to complete a task

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07/14/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Deburred and Dimpled Holes (4 Hours)

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 admin

First I finished deburring the holes on the skins. Then I started dimpling the holes on those skins. The horizontal

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07/12/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Deburred Holes (2 Hours)

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 admin

First day of the “tedious” process of preparing for priming and final assembly. I deburred holes for most of the

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07/11/2018 Horizontal Stabilizer – Elevator Hinge Bearing (0.5 Hour)

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 admin

I revisited the first section of the horizontal stabilizer today and riveted the elevator hinge bearing and brackets together, and

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  • 06/23/2019 Elevators – Trimmed Counterbalance Lead and Riveting Skin (3 hours)
  • 06/21/2019 Elevators – Finished Riveting Skeleton
  • 06/20/2019 Elevators – Riveting Skeleton (1 hours)
  • 06/19/2019 Elevators – Riveting Skeleton (1.5 hours)
  • 06/18/2019 Elevators – Dimpled Skins (1.5 hours)

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