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Category: Horizontal Stab

Starting on the Horizontal Stabilizer

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

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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 Empennage, Horizontal Stab, RV10 Build

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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