Tonight I continued with riveting the vertical stabilizer. After following the RV-8 building instructions for this part, I marked out the riveting process sequence on the skin. The first step was to rivet from the VS-707 rib and front spar upwards toward the VS-706 tip rib. Second step was to rivet from VS-707 down the […]
Vertical Stabilizer Riveting
Tonight I was able to start riveting the vertical stabilizer (VS). I began by getting the frame clecoed together. Here is a close-up shot of the root ribs and spar junction. This next picture is of the VS skin dimpled. You will note the location of the additional stiffeners added as part of the F1 […]
F1 Mods – Vertical Stabilizer Assembly
Tonight I worked on the vertical stabilizer (VS) and the attachment of the VS-705 nose rib and VS-704 root rib to the front spar. When building the standard RV-8 kit, this would normally not be an issue. However as I have modified these parts to convert these parts to an F1 Rocket fin, some changes needed […]
Elevator balance weights and Riveting
Tonight I had a bit of time to do some quick riveting on some elevator parts. I started with finishing the elevator trim motor cover plate by riveting on the Z-channels. Next I riveted right elevator E-703 and E-704 tip ribs together to form their assembly. I then moved on to riveting the E-709 rib […]