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Horizontal Stabilizer Assembly Stowed

May 22, 2022 by Mike Leave a Comment

Just a quick update for today, as I got the horizontal stabilizer assembly stowed on the upper wall of the garage. I’m really happy to finally, after years of on and off work, to get this assembly off the shop floor. Now I have room to get the F1 Rocket wing jigs set up. I […]

Horizontal Stabilizer End Hinges Continued

April 17, 2016 by Mike 4 Comments

The work session for today focused on finishing up the horizontal stabilizer end hinges. Shown in the second picture is the doubler I had to make because the Czech’s who made the fast-build horizontal stabilizer drilled 2 holes in the wrong location.  The doubler was made to correct these holes and provide additional strength to […]

Horizontal Stabilizer Hinge Alignment

February 29, 2016 by Mike 1 Comment

This evening was spent with continuing to get the horizontal stabilizer hinges in alignment.  This task is critical to ensuring that the elevators work properly, a lot of time is taken to get it right.  This work is very slow going.  Accuracy is key. In the image below you can see how the horizontal stabilizer […]

Horizontal Stabilizer Center Hinge Nutplates

February 27, 2016 by Mike Leave a Comment

Spirits are high today as we continue to work on the horizontal stabilizer hinge attachment. We began by drilling out the hinges and spar for the attach bolts.  Up to this point the hinges have only been attached using clecos.  We did all the drilling on the drill press to help with the accuracy of […]

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