- Cleaned, prepped and primed skins
- Riveted front and rear spars - new forward spar structure looks much stronger
- Started riveting skin
Construction progress and builder's log for my Van's RV-7 project N769WB
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Horizontal stabilizer work: 6 hours
Monday, July 27, 2015
Primed horizontal stab spar parts: 3 hours
- Cleaned and primed all spar parts
- Remade front right spar reinforcement plate - I was not happy with edge distance on several holes on the original
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Horizontal stab parts prep: 2 hours
- Finished edge finishing right skin
- Deburred right skin
- Dimpled left and right skin
More skin:
Dimpling:
Monday, July 13, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Horizontal stab work: 1.9 hours
Drilled holes for empennage fairing in horizontal stab parts.
Finished dimpling ribs
Edge finished left hs skin
No photos
Finished dimpling ribs
Edge finished left hs skin
No photos
Friday, July 3, 2015
Horizontal stab riveting prep: 3 hours
Finished deburring skeleton
Started scuffing and dimpling
Started scuffing and dimpling
Dimpling:
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Horizontal stab prep: 3.7 hours
Drilled ribs to spar.
Match drilled aft rib to skin
Match drilled skin to skeleton, disassembled, enlarged holes in skeleton where required
Deburred parts
Match drilled aft rib to skin
Match drilled skin to skeleton, disassembled, enlarged holes in skeleton where required
Deburred parts
Various prep photos:
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