Today was a special day as I got the chance to visit fellow F1 Rocket builder Wayne Hadath and his F1 “Little Bit”. This was also the morning of my departure from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in relocating for work out to Edmonton, Alberta. I wanted to take the opportunity to visit Wayne and get come close […]
HS-3201 Doubler Cutting
Today I ventured into cutting the HS-3201 horizontal stabilizer forward spar doubler. Drilling I started by securely clamping the doubler plate onto the drill press. I located the center of the holes to be cut. Once the holes were located, I used larger drill bit to cut the holes to size. It was a toss-up […]
Horizontal Stabilizer Spar Doubler Layout
Today I continued work on the horizontal stabilizer rear spar doubler (HS-3101). In the picture below I have the HS-3101 doubler laid in place on the rear spar. Other things to note in the picture are the plexi-glass templates I used for making the additional Rocket doublers and in the background is part of the […]
Horizontal Stabilizer Doubler Filing
My progress for this evening included lots of filing on the horizontal stabilizer doubler (HS-3101). When I had the 0.125 piece of aluminum cut, it was purposely made to be slightly oversized. As you can see in the photo below, it doesn’t quite fit within the rear spar. Three hours later…and sore hands! Well, maybe […]