Today I’m working on making Rocket mods to strengthen the horizontal stabilizer and I started with making a doubler template. Horizontal Stab – Rear Spar Doubler Template First I put the horizontal stabilizer rear spars together, attached with the 0.125″ stiffeners which are part of the original RV-8 tail components. For the template I started with […]
Vertical Fin Test Fit
Having recently received my Van’s RV-8 tail kit I have been very eager to get started and I did so by doing a test fit of the vertical fin. You’ve gotta love all the CNC machined parts and how well they all fit together. I had no trouble getting the vertical fin together with a […]
RV8 Tail Kit Unboxing
Today marks the beginning of another Van’s RV-8 … Harmon Rocket II … F1 Rocket and this is the unboxing of the new parts. For more details about the evolution of an RV-8 tail kit to an F1 Rocket check out my post that answers “What is a Rocket?” RV-8 Tail Kit – Unboxing The Van’s RV-8 tail kit […]