Empennage
Right Elevator Fairing Fitted
I got an hour and a half tonight to get the fairing cut and sanded. Tomorrow I’ll dimple and countersink.
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Left Elevator Fairing Installed
I decided to take the rest of Labor Day after finishing the empennage attach section to start working on the fairing. I focused on the left elevator since it was more easily accessible. A large majority of the time as dealt with shaping the fairing, both the surface of it Read more
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Empennage Attach Section 11 Complete
I finished the rest of the empennage attach work today. I have an issue that I will need to resolve in the future which is the servo throw is not as far as it should be outwards (the servo extending) and it pulls too much in (the servo retracting). I Read more
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Elevator Trim Servo Mounting Assembly
Eric Muehlberg showed up on August 30th to review what I’ve assembled of the tailcone. He saw everything looked good and he’s going to give me the form on the next EAA chapter meeting on September 9th. I got all of the parts primed for the trim tab servo assembly. Read more
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Trim Tabs Completed and Installed
Finally I finished the trim tabs and they were true and straight this time. I Installed them and I also got the static ports installed too. Over all a good night and glad this is done now!
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Static Ports Drilled & Trim Tabs Glued
I got the static ports drilled but the back side was way too deep for me to get the nut on the back so I’ll screw those in tomorrow. I did all of the priming and assembly of the trim tabs today. I stead of putting them in the wood Read more
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Elevator Trim Tab Dimpling
Super hot today so didn’t work as much as I wanted. Supposed to be 90 tomorrow so we’ll see. It is prepped for priming and assembly at least.
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Trim Tabs Formed and Drilled
The trim tabs arrived later than expected. They didn’t come until Thursday which I had other stuff that ended up happening that night. So I finally got a chance to work on it all today. I got the skins bent to their proper angle and then I got the ends Read more
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Garmin Pitot Arrived & Organization
I needed to finish organizing the wing kit hardware and I finally got a new hardware bin from Amazon that showed up. My wife also got a new label printer which works very well. So I started splitting up the hardware into their separate bins and putting labels on them. Read more
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Laser Cut Parts Issue & Delayed Inspection
Eric called me yesterday stating he did not feel well. This will delay the inspection which is fine. I started working on the trim tabs again and I noticed that the trim tab spars are laser cut parts. I looked and saw burn splatter in quite a few places as Read more