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Category: Horizontal Stab

Starting on the Horizontal Stabilizer

March 7, 2012March 7, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

I still have to wait another 24 hours for the pro-seal to finish curing on the rudder before I can continue with that, so I

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Horizontal Stabilizer spar construction

March 10, 2012March 11, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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With the rudder done and out of the way, I got back to work on the horizontal stab. While the rudder was curing, I got

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HS Spar Riveting

March 11, 2012March 12, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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I had planned to spend a lot of time in the garage working on the plane this weekend, but the world had a different plan.

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It’s getting bigger!

March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Daylight Savings Time, working over the weekend, a long day of work, and a lack of sleep are catching up with me. I wanted nothing

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500 silver clecos isn’t enough!!!

March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Tonight was a fun night as we got to see a lot of visible progress in a pretty short amount of time. It was the

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Lots of little holes

March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Not much to explain about tonight. Colleen drilled a lot of little holes. I followed behind her marking them done and moving clecos. We got

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And more drilling!

March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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I had the day off from work, so my plan was to get a lot of work accomplished on the horizontal stabilizer. I started the

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Rib deburring

March 19, 2012March 19, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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I had some time to sit down and actually get a little bit of work done on the plane tonight. Specifically deburring all the holes

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Final HS Skin Prep part 1

March 20, 2012March 21, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Just a little more work done tonight. I did all the hole deburring on one of the HS skins, scuffed it up (in prep for

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HS Skin Prep Part 2 and some ribs too

March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Colleen is out of town on business for the next few days, so I had to enlist Sawyer’s help on the -10. Unfortunately, he doesn’t

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HS parts ready for primer

March 22, 2012March 22, 2012 Ed 4 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Got a lot done in the airplane factory tonight! First, I finished scuffing up the remaining ribs. My hands always end up looking I’m turning

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HS parts primed and ready for rivets

March 23, 2012December 10, 2013 Ed 2 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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I was able to test out a new sprayer I bought for priming tonight… while priming. It’s a “Critter” and it works on the same

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Starting to rivet up the horizontal stabilizer

March 24, 2012March 24, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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Lot of running around today, but I was able to get a few hours in and begin the riveting on the HS. You begin by

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HS Riveting part 2

March 25, 2012March 25, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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All week long, I keep thinking that I’m going to get a bunch of time that I can dedicate to the plane, and it keeps

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….and some more rivets…

March 27, 2012March 27, 2012 Ed 5 Comments Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build
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You guessed it. I did some more riveting tonight. Two hours worth. I’ve been using my left hand to hold the bucking bar, but I

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