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
….and some more rivets…
Category: Empennage
The Horizontal Stabilizer is DONE!
With help from my lovely assistant Colleen, the horizontal stabilizer is complete! Just under 50 hours total construction time for this part. It was a
Beginning the Elevator
The elevator. The thing that moves when you pull the stick back. It’s what makes the plane go up and down. And I am now
Putting elevator parts together
Today is one of those days I really enjoy. A day when you start with just a pile of parts, and quickly they come together
Elevators taking shape
I started off the day fixing a mistake I made yesterday. Luckily, it was a very small mistake that was very easy to fix with very
Final drilling elevator skins, part 1
Tonight started out with cutting down to size the extruded aluminum wedge that gives the trailing edge strength. Then I drilled the holes in the
Elevator skins, day 2
Just a quick post for a quick nights work. Only an hour tonight, but I got half of the second elevator final drilled. Should be
Back down to a big pile of parts
Tonight, I finished final drilling the elevator skins. Nothing new here, just the same as the other 3 skins. After that, I measured out and
Long day, short post
Today I got all the deburring and scuffing done on all the elevator parts. 6 hours worth. It was one of those “just sit down
Dimpling: Done
Another good day of progress on the -10! There are a whole lotta holes in the elevators on this plane, and most of them are