Category Archives: Horizontal Stab

Well, several weeks later, this thing is finally done. It would have gone by much quicker but I had a pretty big allergy attack in the middle of it that caused me to stay inside for about a week. At … Continue reading →

Today mainly consisted of the rest of the Final Assembly.  Attaching all skins and ribs, etc.  The directions Van’s gives at first didn’t quite make sense to me at first… but after about 4 or 5 steps, I see why … Continue reading →

After alodining EVERYTHING (including the skins) its time to put all this back together… with rivets this time!  This is the fun part of building.  Although it is pretty easy, it also carries alot of stress of making sure every … Continue reading →

So I decided at the last minute on the Prime vs Not Priming debate that I was going to go ahead and do some sort of “priming” although the purpose is just to prevent corrosion.  So I decided to use … Continue reading →

After a week and a half of cleco-ing, drilling, bending, cutting, etc… everything has to come apart now. Thats right, back to square one. Not because I messed up, but thats just how they have you do this stuff I … Continue reading →

More work on the HS today revealed that I AM actually building a plane… somehow all of this stuff comes together and when you step back and look at it, it does resemble a shape of a plane part… kinda… … Continue reading →

Such a crap day.  I made my first mistake.  I knew it would happen eventually, but I wasn’t ready for it just yet.  Actually, if you want to get technical… this was the 2nd oops I made today.  The first … Continue reading →

This front spar is proving to be a tad bit more challenging than the rear spar was. Anyway, the directions call for a 6 degree bend in the spar reinforcement bars as well as the tab ends of the spar … Continue reading →

Today I finished the rest of the steps for assembling the rear spar. Cleco’d and match drilled the elevator hinge brackets as well as the VA-146 bearing assembly. The only real “main event” today, was I drove my first rivets … Continue reading →