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Vertical Fin – Rear Spar Riveting

April 1, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

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 Assembly in a Basement Apartment

March 20, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

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 […]

Vertical Fin – Forward Spar Doubler Drilling

March 18, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Continuing with the layout of the vertical fin forward spar doublers, shown below is the VS-002 doubler clamped in place, on the rear side forward spar. What isn’t shown here is the marks I made on the bottom (where the clamps are) to help keep the alignment when I transferred this doubler from the front […]

Vertical Fin Construction Started

March 17, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

This evening I started construction on the vertical fin assembly. Since I’m starting with a standard RV-8 empennage kit, I’m going to be adding a few structural mods to “Rocketize” these parts. Essentially, these mods are similar to the F1 EVO tail. Talk about making-it-work!  What a workspace this is…haha!  I just moved across the […]

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