Builder's Log

HS Spar Work

Continued work on the spars for the horizontal stabilizer. One last task on the rear spar — assembling the elevator

In the last post, I mentioned that all the holes for the horizontal stabilizer spars and doublers were already final

Started work on the horizontal stabilizer today. Time was spent on the very tedious task of deburring. I worked on

It has not even been six months ago that I built my mobile workbenches. Well, unfortunately, one of them hasn’t

Took it a little easy on the build this month so I could focus on preparing, interviewing and ultimately accepting

Started by drilling out and replacing some rivets in the bottom skin that were either grossly overdriven or bent/sheared. Then

Finished riveting the left side tailcone skin to the stiffeners, frames and bulkheads. All within reach with my little stepladder.

Started riveting a little more of the left tailcone to the stiffeners. Pretty much did the top row, then moved

Went to the hangar for a couple hours of working on the plane. Started by dimpling the nut plate rivet

The left tailcone longeron was removed and deburred and countersunk where required. The aft top deck was also deburred. Then