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Anti Servo Tabs3/15/2018 With the rudder being on hold due to the bearings being on back-order I decided to move onto the AST. Note: you need to fit the rudder to the VS before continuing the rudder and you cannot fit it properly without the bearings on the VS. I called Vans to see when the parts on B/o would be in stock and apparently they are back in stock and should ship out any day now, so hopefully soon we can resume our normally scheduled programming. One thing I will note about working with the ASTs is when it comes time to solid rivet the AN426AD3-3.5 rivets to the control horns be VERY careful if you have a pneumatic squeezer like I do. The squeezer will grab the flanges of the ribs and bend them inward, this also causes the shop head of the rivet to fold over requiring you to drill it out. What a PITA! Other than that and working inside the tight space of the ASTs they are coming together fairly nicely. My allergies have been on overdrive, so I took a Benadryl last night and worked on the ASTs until I started to feel the meds kick in. This got me all the way up to drilling the hinge brackets. I heard other builders complain about cutting the hinges to size, I found the instructions adequate and had to make two cuts on each hinge so that the hinge eyelets are on both ends. Just read the instructions carefully and no sweat.
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January 2019
Empennage Total Build Hours: 82.24
Inventory: 1.45 Vertical Stabilizer: 13.26 Rudder: 7.5 Anti-Servo Tabs: 4:30 Stabilator: 24.11 Tailcone: 30.42 |