Moving along with riveting on the horizontal stabilizer, tonight I’m starting to work on riveting the forward spar. Again, I started by clecoing the spar, reinforcing angles and F1 Rocket doubler mod together. Again, in the photo below you can note by the black clecos that there are a few larger rivets (5/32″) that are […]
F1 Mod – Horizontal Stabilizer Rear Spar and Tip Rib Stiffener Angles
Today I fabricated some stiffener angles to use of the horizontal stabilizer rear spar and tip ribs. These are again similar to the angles added on the Rudder and Elevators. Here is a diagram of the angle locations: I started with a piece of angle and roughly marked some lines of where to start cutting […]
F1 Mod – HS-3201 Forward Spar Doubler Drilling
Today I spent a lot of time drilling holes in the arms of the HS-3201 forward spar doubler. As mentioned before, this is a key place to be using a drill press for maximum accuracy. I don’t have a lot of discussion to add. I think the pictures here speak for themselves and my process. […]
Horizontal Stabilizer – Trimming and Drilling
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 […]