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Empennage
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Section 12 Complete.. For Now4/27/2018 Starting Tuesday Mr. Carl Orton, EAA Tech Counselor came out to inspect my work thus far on the Empennage as I am just about done. What a pleasure it was to have Mr. Orton here sharing his years of experience, knowledge and some personal stories. I will have to get a picture next time. Thank you very much Carl! I definitely didn't feel cheated on the inspection as he crawled all around the empennage checking her out, very thorough! There were a couple recommendations that were pointed out with the first being edge deburring on the skins. It was obvious, even to me when we started looking at some of the edges of the tailcone skin that my deburring wasn't enough or not at all. Looks like I may have missed one of the sides on the very top skin when deburring/edge breaking the skins prior to assembly. Mr. Orton also noticed the few spots where the skin was deformed due to that stupid edge break tool, gheesh I hate that thing! The second recommendation was the safety wire that holds the piano hinges in place on the AST's, we couldn't tell if it was stainless steel or not. I will be ordering a new batch of safety wire as I had to throw the case away on the wire that I had bc it was cracked. Its inexpensive insurance so i'll pay all day for that peace of mind. After a few hours of inspecting and swapping stories I look forward to having Mr. Orton back out once I finish up the fuselage and wings. Yesterday I spent a few hours starting and finishing up section 12 to the point that I could until the finish kit arrives. All that meant is I spent a lot time grinding, sanding, fitting, sanding again, itching and fitting the fiberglass VS and Rudder fairings. The stabilator came off and went back upstairs in the house where it will stay until final assembly hopefully not too long from now. With the VS and Rudder finished they will soon be off too and joining the HS upstairs then find somewhere to store the tailcone to make room for the fuselage section. It may be a few weeks before I post again due to waiting on ordering the fuselage. I will be back though. See ya soon!
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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 |