I got 30 minutes tonight to final drill the holes to a #30, dimple the holes, countersink the fairing, and then rivet it together. Looks good and it’ll look perfect with some bondo or whatever the aviation community calls it.
I got an hour and a half tonight to get the fairing cut and sanded. Tomorrow I’ll dimple and countersink.
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…