The horizontal stabilizer is really starting to come together. Now that I have all the ribs in and drilled, it’s time to take the skins off and once again get access to the internal structure for a little bit of trimming and some more drilling. With the skins off, you can see that I still […]
F1 Mod – Drilling Ribs HS-404 to HS-405
While reading other build log posts about this part of the Horizontal Stabilizer assembly there are a few different approaches to getting good results when drilling. This is critical because if you screw up and don’t drill something straight, not only will you ruin the rib, but also the forward spar. What is documented here […]
Horizontal Stabilizer – Skin Drilling
Today I started drilling the skins of the Horizontal Stabilizer (HS). The skin comes predrilled but the holes all need to be drilled out to the final size (#40). Also the forward spar, between the root rib (E-705) and main rib (E-708), is not drilled. The skin is pre-drilled in this area, but not the […]
F1 Mod – Elevator Trim Tab Spar Outer Stiffener
Today I began to work on beefing up the outer end of the left elevator trim tab spar (E-606PP) by tying it into the E-720J Stiffener. You can see this in the diagram below. Unfortunately when I started this, I didn’t have too much in the way of guidance or direction. Just that it would […]