2.1 Hours -
My Dad and I spent the morning at the Randolph AFB airshow. Not a bad show. Many static displays to walk in and around…even an RV-8 made an appearance and received more of my attention than most of the military aircraft.
When I got home, I went to garage with the intention of working for an hour or so. Once again, I didn’t re-emerge until 2 hours had flown by.
The vertical stabilizer drawing.
The VS only consists of 14 parts: rear spar (VS-803PP), rear spar doubler (VS-808PP), 6 rudder attachment brackets, front spar (VS-702), 4 ribs (VS-704, 705, 706 and 707) and the skin (VS-801PP). I started the vertical stabilizer and I’m moving along much faster than I did with the HS. Suddenly, the instructions aren’t so confusing. In two hours, I had deburred and fluted all the VS ribs, assembled and final drilled the VS skeleton, and clecoed on the VS skin. Not a bad days work!
The vertical stabilizer rear spar assembly.
The vertical stabilizer skeleton assembled.
The vertical stabilizer already has the skin on.
The bottom of the vertical stabilizer.
