Tonight I finally got to start working the the skins. As you can see from the picture below I put together the left horizontal stabilizer and then drilled out the holes. Then I took it all back apart and started the deburring process all over again. I have to make a comment here about the quality of these kits. Every hole is pre-drilled with an undersized bit and so far every single hole has lined up perfectly! Thats some serious CAD skill. Added 4 more hours to the total.
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looking down the center of the HS. |
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The small gap below the spar gave me pause until I realized that there will be a doubler plate installed. |
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Left HS in the jig all cleco'd up for drilling. |