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Empennage arrived on 4/17/06.
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Rear spar stiffeners HS-609PP have to be deburred and the ends rounded. 4/23/06
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Clecoed the deburred stiffeners along with the elevator hinges to the rear spar. 4/23/06
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My desk with mandatory motivational pictures on the wall. I dont have an air compressor so I use the nitrogen bottle to run my rivet gun. It works very nice and I dont have to listen to an air compressor run. 4/24/06
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This is the first thing you get to rivet. Its the center elevator hinge bearing and bracket. 4/24/06
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The bucked side. 4/24/06
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Deburred and bent the ends of the front spar reinforcments 6 degrees. 4/27/06
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Trimmed the HS-404 ribs. 4/27/06
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HS frame clecoed together. 4/27/06
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Both skins clecoed on and ready to be match drilled. 5/2/06
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The HS-404 rib is not prepunched and has to be drilled. Here the 404 rib and lower 405 rib are clamped in place. 5/2/06
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The HS-404 rib's drilled and clecoed. 5/2/06
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Both HS-405 rib's drilled and clecoed. 5/2/06
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It is near impossible to keep the edge distances within specs on the HS-405 ribs. Van's says this is normal and to build on. 5/2/06
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Removed the plastic from the rivet lines with a ruler and soldering iron. 5/2/06
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Countersunk the rear spar stiffeners HS-609PP along with the HS-710 & 714 front spar reinforcements. 6/9/06
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Trimmed the HS-603PP's for the elevator control horns. 6/9/06
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Everything is disassembled, deburred, dimpled and prepped for primer. 6/14/06
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Napa 7220 Self Etching Primer and respirator.
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HS is primed and I started riveting the frame together. 6/15/06
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HS skins deburred and dimpled. 6/17/04
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Bill Repucci came over to help me start riveting the skins. We riveted the HS-707's first and then inserted the front spar assemble. I then started riveting the HS-702 front spar. 6/24/06
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I placed a piece of rivet tape over each rivet to keep from scratching the skin.
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Here you can see the painters tape to keep from scratching the insides.
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Riveting the skins. 6/25/06
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Done riveting and ready for inspection! 6/26/06
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An inside picture of the HS after the tape was removed. Nice and clean. 6/26/06
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Photo of the tip rib rivets. 6/26/06
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The circles around the rivets are from my dimpler. Other then that the rivets turned out great. 6/26/06
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