Not a lot of pictures today but there was lots of elbow grease used in the prep of the VS-808PP vertical fin rear spar doubler. Lots of filing, sanding and rubbing with emery cloth and scotchbrite while I break the edges and remove any tooling marks on the VS-808PP spar doubler. Please comment, I love to […]
Vertical Fin Assembly in a Basement Apartment
Today I am progressing with the work on the vertical fin assembly. In the picture shown below I have all the vertical fin parts laid out on the table. These are all RV-8 parts except for the 2 forked doublers which you will see in greater detail in the following photos. As mentioned in previous […]
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 […]