Empennage – Page 2 – Builder's Log

More HS Rib Prep

There were an additional 6 (outboard) horizontal stabilizer ribs that needed to be edge-deburred. These ones lended themselves well to

Just some edge deburring of horizontal stabilizer ribs. HS-1004 and HS-905.Incredibly. Boring. Deburring.

First build session after moving to the new hangar, resuming work on the horizontal stabilizer. Today was spent building the

Just a couple of hours today on riveting the doubler and spar caps onto the front spar. Four different sizes

Continued work on the front spar of the horizontal stabilizer. A lot of time spent match drilling #30 spar web

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

The counter weight was installed, and the rudder is complete. Of course there are a couple of fairings that still

Almost completed the rudder today. Riveted the rudder skins against the spar. The squeezer yoke was not long enough to