Chris

VS: Dimple, Countersink & Prime

A lot of hours spent today on stuff that’s not super visible. Oh, turns out I was able to fit

A good chunk of time put in today on the Vertical Stabilizer. Started by doing some match drilling (#30) of

Just a little bit of work tonight after work… match drilling #40 between the VS rear spar flanges and the

Today I started work on the Vertical Stabilizer. It involved cutting a taper on the end of two pieces aluminum

Forgot to prime the rudder spar yesterday, so did that. Today I backriveted the stiffeners to the rudder skins. I

I decided I wanted to do a nominal level of priming. Not overboard. My plane does not necessarily have to

Today I countersunk the little trailing edge wedge piece (7-6: Step 12). I used the drill press because I wanted

Spent some time after work today deburring the remaining rudder substructure pieces, and dimpling the rudder substructure (7-6: Steps 10,11).

I’ve got my DRDT-2 dimpler set up just right. I dimpled the rudder skins today, and the dimples are perfectly

Today’s work involved assembling the rudder skeleton with clecos. The new Van’s RV-10 kits have, for the most part, “final