Today I didn’t have a lot of time so I picked a small job to do which was to do the layout of trim lines on the horizontal stabilizer HS-810-1 and HS-814-1 reinforcing angles. Please comment, I love to hear from my readers. Thanks again for coming along for this ride, you make my work worthwhile.
Rudder Stiffeners – Layout and cutting to size
This evening I moved on to the rudder and started with cutting out the rudder stiffeners. The stiffeners are cut from several pieces of bent aluminum angle. The plans are pretty easy to understand with here to mark the layout and where to do the cutting. In the picture below, you can see the layout […]
Vertical Fin – Rear Spar Riveting
Today I will continue with riveting the doublers on both the vertical fin front spar and rear spar. Since I left off the other day having finished riveting the flush rivets. I then continued with the AN-470-4 rivets for the rest of the VS-808PP rear spar doubler. In the pictures below you’ll notice that I […]
Vertical Fin Dimpling and Riveting
Today I began with dimpling the VS-803PP rear spar. For dimpling I use the DRDT-2 dimpling machine. This is one of the “Must Have” tools. Yes, it is an expensive piece of kit but it is well worth it; not only in consistency of the dimples but also in being able to work quietly. As […]