Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Section 8 - Horizontal Stabilizer (initial work, front and rear spars)

Starting with the Horizontal Stabilizer, I am priming ONLY non-alclad parts, since the pure aluminum coating on the alclad parts acts to prevent corrosion.  I estimate that this will save about 10lbs in weight overall, as compared with priming all non-skin internal parts, which was my original modus operandi.

Rear spar with 4 of 5 brackets clecoed (this is the only pic I currently have of the rear-spar - it is currently riveted and sitting awaiting assembly with the ribs, stringers, etc.):




Match-drilling spar caps to front spar - crap there are a lot of holes that Vans didn't drill (somewhere around 180-200, just for 2 spar caps):


Riveted spar caps and doubler to front spar:


 Other side:


Closeup:


That was a LOT of holes, deburring and rivets!


Another couple close-ups of the doubler (front spar):




1 comment:

Henry said...

Remember, the Emp kit is closer to 100% build (all the drilling ) than 51% and the project becomes less tedious, but more mental. You will morph from a mechanic to an engineer, craftman, psychologist (wife,do not forget her or she will own it).
Nice blog.
H