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Elevator spacer stuff
So I did hear back from Sterling at Van’s today – as expected, there’s a simple fix for my edge distance issues, and it’s just adding another row of rivets. But for tonight, I decided to go back to working … Continue reading
Posted in Empennage
Hours Logged: 2
V-stab fitting: pt 2
After attending the usual Sunday morning coffee club meeting here at Sport Flyers, and then enjoying some lunch, I got right back to work on getting the stab fitted. When we left off yesterday, I’d done the initial setup of … Continue reading
V-stab fitting: pt 1
I managed to get in a solid afternoon of work today, after meeting my brother and his wife for lunch as they were passing through town. As fun as it was to clamp the v-stab in place yesterday, the first … Continue reading
H-stab fitting: done!
Welp, my shiny not-new (used) angle drill came in today. I picked up the materials I need to remake the elevator center bearing spacers, but I decided that I preferred to pick back up with the stab fitting and then … Continue reading
Elevator stuff
So tonight was kind of an exercise in not wasting time. After the failure of my angle drill attachment Tuesday night, I decided it was time to pony up and buy a real pneumatic angle drill – which I did. … Continue reading
H-stab fitting: making some actual holes
With last weekend’s track event behind me, it’s time to get back to work on this thing. Tonight I decided that I really wanted to actually get some holes drilled (but not at the cost of doing them wrong). Last … Continue reading
H-stab fitting: Deep Thought edition
Well look, here we are after another break in getting stuff done. My excuse this time revolves around the two weeks we were out of town in early October, which of course 100% explains the six weeks it’s been since … Continue reading
H-stab fitting: the beginning
OK, so this is really a post for the entire weekend, sort of. I didn’t really have anything like a dedicated work session, but I did still get some stuff done. In short, I moved on to the beginning of … Continue reading
H-stab v2.0 – finished!
Well, so ends this little detour on the road to a complete aircraft. Tonight I wrapped up the stab, so I can move forward with more fun stuff again. Basically all I had left to do was to rivet the … Continue reading
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Hours Logged: 1
H-stab v2.0 – yet more riveting!
And so the theme continues, chipping away at this a bit at a time. Previously, I was happy to be finished with the “annoying” riveting. In my mind, I just had to go around the perimeter squeezing skin rivets, plus … Continue reading
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Hours Logged: 1