Continuing the saga from yesterday, today I cannot proceed with any more horizontal stabilizer riveting until I revisit and finish riveting in the HS-704 nose ribs. Again! So I got the nose ribs clecoed in place (on the correct side this time!) and then proceeded with riveting them in. Below is the rivet gun setup […]
Horizontal Stabilizer Skin Riveting
Before I get too carried away at working on the wing spars, I want to get the horizontal stabilizer riveting complete. The horizontal stab is the last piece of the empennage that I need to get riveted (up to the pre-cover inspection stage). Then I can hang it on the wall, where it can be […]
Horizontal Stabilizer – Forward Spar Riveting
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 […]
Horizontal Stabilizer – Rear Spar Riveting
After all the hard work of building, prepping, priming, drilling and getting the horizontal stabilizer to this point, I’m finally getting to do some riveting! This is always the most exciting part of the build process because it is where you get the most visual progress, and best of all…these parts aren’t having to come […]