March 30, 2020 Stiffeners...... all... day... long. Eight and a half hours of cutting, trimming, deburring, etc. of stiffeners. Nothing really new or exciting on the elevator stiffeners compared to the rudder except some trimming details, its just grunt work to get everything cut out and prepped. Cut out the basic shapes, mark the individual... Continue Reading →

March 28 & 29, 2020 So, it turns out that two stabilizers are only about half of the work in the total empennage. We've still got the rudder and elevators to assemble, so we got back to work. The first step is cutting out the stiffeners for the rudder. This took longer than expected, but... Continue Reading →

March 25 & 26, 2020 More bucking today. Well actually, only really bucking today. I guess that's not entirely true, but most of today was spent on the vertical stab. First was to countersink the spar reinforcement. Post CountersinkingSpot Priming It'd be great if the instructions had you do this before they told you to... Continue Reading →

March 23 & 24, 2020 Since the rear spar was completed yesterday, we finished the skeleton for the rest of the horizontal stab today and and then it was time to tackle the skin. The first rivets of the skin have to be bucked, which is the first time we'll have to buck anything for... Continue Reading →