Horizontal Stabilizer - 2 hrs 18 mins (H.S. 14:06, Empennage 66:14, Total 80:10)
Rivet count: 0 (Total 970)Straightforward night of work and it's good to be back in rhythm and working efficiently again. Started by disassembling the front spar sub-unit and deburring all holes. I'm pretty sure I did this for nothing. The plans call to do it because the plans have you prime and rivet the sub-unit together before continuing. I thought it over a few days and called Van's to confirm. I will be skipping the priming for now and assembling the entire H-Stab before priming all remaining pieces at once.
With the sub-unit cleco'd back together, I spent the rest of the night trimming the inspar ribs, adding a few bends per the plans, and deburring edges. Tomorrow will be more of the same, with at least another hour of deburring edges on 10 more inspar ribs and 8 nose ribs. However, once that's complete, it will be time to start assembling the H-Stab skeleton and skins. Can't wait! -M
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