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  • Quick update

    I thought I’d give a quick update on stuff, I won’t be back in the shop until next week, but I did take off the aluminum angles on the rudder trailing edge, and it turned out perfectly straight. Now I just have to rivet it with some double flush rivets and then I can mark…

  • Riveted rudder

    Today I cleaned and primed all the rudder parts, then assembled, riveted and glued the trailing edge. I also received the ship date for my quick build wings and fuse.     I’ve got nearly 4 months to finish the elevators. I hope I don’t run out of time 😉   Here you can see the…

  • Continued rudder

    Today I dimpled the rudder structure and skins in preparation for priming.    Here you can see the dimpling of the skins trailing edge. I then dimpled the other skin and called it a day, I’ll prime the internal parts and begin riveting tomorrow night hopefully. 

  • Continued work on the rudder

    This morning I riveted all the stiffeners to the skins, even got a little help from mom on a few of the rivets. In the end all of them came out perfectly.     Next I began on the rudder skeleton. It’s a much more involved structure than the stabs were.     Here you…

  • Began the rudder 

    Today I started working on the rudder. I began by trimming to size the rudder skin stiffeners.      Once they were cut to size roughly I then used my scotchbrite wheel to shape and deburr all the edges of the stiffeners. I then match drilled all the stiffeners to the skins.     Once…

  • Finished Vertical stab and…

    …I placed the order for my quick build wings and fuselage! It’s a big step for me (also a big purchase) and I’m excited to enter into the next phase.  This morning before work I got up and riveted the root ribs to the front spar of the vertical stab.     I the. Proceeded…

  • Began riveting vertical stab

    Tonight I spent 2 hours and I cleaned, primed and began riveting the vertical stab. Here’s all the skeleton parts after priming. Here’s the rear spar flush rivets set. I was able to reach all of these with a squeezer, the ones holding the bottom rudder hinge bracket were a little tricky, but I managed…

  • Prepped vertical stab

    Today I spent 3 hours disassembling and prepping all the surfaces for primining. Here you can see the dimples on the vertical stab skin, these will accept the flush rivets that attach the rear spar to the skin. Here’s another view of the dimples, these were all reached with the DRDT-2 dimpler. Super easy to…

  • Began vertical stab

    Today I spent a couple hours on the vertical stab. I spent about an hour clecoing the skeleton and then match drilling all the holes in the rear spar. I then edge finished all the ribs, per the plans, and then clecoed the assembly together. I then put the skin on and clecoed and match…

  • Finished Horizontal Stabilizer

    Today I spent a 7 hour session, bringing my total to 30 hours, to finish riveting the h-stab. I began by riveting the front spar to the skin. Having a riveting buddy would have been great, but it was a good experience to do this by myself. Working in the tight spaces was tricky, but…