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 […]
Forward Spar Countersinking
This evening I had a little time to countersink several holes in the rear side of the center forward spar. This area has flush rivets installed because a steel plate is eventually bolted to the HS forward spar in this area. The steel plate is used to attach the vertical stabilizer. I found a really good picture […]
F1 Mod – Horizontal Stabilizer Front Spar/Tip Rib Bracket
Tonight I worked on yet another F1 Rocket Mod, and again on the horizontal stabilizer. As shown in the diagram below, this mod is to add a small clip (bracket) on the front side of the forward spar where it attaches to the tip rib. I started with a piece of aluminum angle I bent. […]
F1 Mod – Horizontal Stabilizer Skin Stiffeners
Tonight I’m starting on another F1 Mod to the Horizontal Stabilizer. This mod calls for adding skin stiffener angles to the upper and lower skin surfaces between the rib bays – 2 per bay, both on the upper and lower surfaces. See the diagram below. I began by marking lines of the HS skins where […]