Empennage

HORIZONTAL STABILIZER

January 11, 2014  Unpacked empennage

January 26, 2014  Clecoed forward spar

February 1, 2014  Fabricated forward spar stiffeners

March 8, 2014 Skeleton

March 9, 2014 More skeleton work

April 20, 2014

April 27, 2014

May 3, 2014

May 4, 2014

May 10, 2014

May 11, 2014


August 9, 2023
August 10, 2023
August 11, 2023
August 19, 2023
September 2, 2023
September 10, 2023
September 16, 2023
September 23, 2023

VERTICAL STABILIZER

March 28, 2021  Deburred vertical stabilizer parts
April 2, 2021 Prepped vertical stabilizer parts
June 20, 2021  Primed vertical stabilizer parts
July 3, 2021 Riveted spar doubler
July 4, 2021 Riveted skeleton, riveted ~half of skin
July 5, 2021 Finished riveting the vertical stabilizer

RUDDER 

August 16, 2021 Fabricated stiffeners
August 17, 2021 Deburred/dimpled left stiffeners/skin
August 18, 2021 Dimpled right stiffener/skin
August 23, 2021 Back riveted skins to stiffeners
July 17, 2023 Drilled trailing edge wedge
July 20, 2023 Riveted skin to skeleton
July 31, 2023 Installed trailing edge wedge
August 2, 2023 Riveted trailing edge
August 3, 2023 Rolled leading edge
August 4, 2023 Finished rudder!

ELEVATOR

March 2, 2014  Deburred right elevator skin/stiffeners

May 24, 2014  Dimpled right elevator stiffeners, cut left stiffeners

May 25, 2014  Back-riveted stiffeners to left and right elevators

May 26, 2014  Elevator spars.

May 30, 2014  Emailed Vans

June 3, 2014  Drilled right elevator spar/tip rib

June 8, 2014  Bent right elevator

June 21, 2014  Drilled right elevator counterbalance skin

June 28, 2014  Needs new pics

June 29, 2014  Pro-Sealed right elevator, riveted tip rib

July 27, 2014  Riveted right elevator skin

August 7, 2014  Riveted right elevator trailing edge

August 19, 2014  Needs work

August 23, 2014  Riveted left elevator skeleton

August 24, 2014  Riveted reinforcement plate/counterbalance skin

August 26, 2014  Bent flanges of tab

August 30, 2014  Drilled trim tab spar, riveted left elevator skin to skeleton

September 2, 2014  Added a few rivets to left elevator

TRIM TAB

August 26, 2014  Bent flanges of tab
October 22, 2023
October 25, 2023
October 28, 2023

VS Trash

Trash below:

February 2, 2014  Clecoed skeleton

February 8, 2014  Match drill holes

February 9, 2014  Dimpled holes

February 15, 2014  Primed parts

February 16, 2014  Riveting the skeleton/skin

February 17, 2014  Closing out the vertical stabilizer

Rudder Trash

February 17, 2014  Fabricated stiffeners

February 22, 2014  More stiffener work

February 23, 2014  Riveted stiffeners to left skin

March 1, 2014  Right rudder skin, skeleton

May 8, 2014  Purchased left stiffener

May 17, 2014  Left stiffener work

May 21, 2014 Primed and riveted left rudder

May 23, 2014  Needs work

July 6, 2014  Needs work

July 12, 2014 Needs work

July 13, 2014

July 19, 2014  Bonding trailing edge

July 26, 2014  Finished the rudder