On the 10 I managed to finish up the rudder, and get a start on the horizontal stabilizer. There is a lot of deburring, drilling and such before anything starts going together.
On a side note I got a chance to fly with my friend Ben who built an RV-12. I have never flown in a 12 before and it was both familiar and different. Since its an RV it has the RV feel to the flight characteristics, but since its a light sport, it has far less power and speed. It was still a great flight!
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| Bent the ears over the counterweight. |
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| Rudder complete and ready for storage. |
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| Working on the forward spar on the horizontal stabilizer. Here I am drilling the "feet" that are used to hold the forward edge down to the fuselage. |
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| Here you can see the "feet" as this is a shot looking up at the bottom of the spar. The clamps are holding a piece of aluminum angle to the bottom of the feet to keep them parallel with each other. |
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| Here is Harry and his ingenious tape rolling tool. In this picture we are running the tape over the seems. If you look at the top of the pole he is holding you will see the roll of tape we are using....ingenious... |
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| This is a "before" picture of the hangar ceiling... |
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| And here it is at the end of our work day. So much better but still lots of work to do on the walls. |
