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The Workshop 

Building Vertical Stabilizer

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Jesse 0 Comments

This was a nice break from doing the HS, which seemed to be a lot more cumbersome. The VS was

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Empennage Horizontal Stabilizer 

Finished Horizontal Stabilizer

February 9, 2021April 1, 2021 Jesse 0 Comments

I received the Torque Seal to finish off the rear spar. I opted for orange (many colors available). This stuff

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Horizontal Stabilizer 

HS Spar Assembly

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 Jesse 0 Comments

It’s assembly time! I began with the rear spar. I found that all of these rivets could be squeezed using

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Horizontal Stabilizer Priming 

Priming Horizontal Stabilizer

January 2, 2021January 11, 2021 Jesse 0 Comments

1/1/2021 – Since it’s winter and I have a heated garage without a paint booth setup, I’m running the parts

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Education Priming 

Primers: A Salt Fog Test

December 28, 2020April 3, 2021 Jesse 2 Comments

There seems to be a bit of debate about what primer, if any, to utilize while priming aluminum in experimental

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Horizontal Stabilizer 

HS Deburring and Dimpling

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

I spent quite a few hours deburring all edges, holes and dimpling. For the long, straight edges I used a

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The Workshop 

Rubber Protection – Cleco Caps And Plier Grips

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

I did a couple side projects this week, in support of my airplane building efforts. First thing I worked on

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Horizontal Stabilizer 

Right Side Horizontal Stabilizer

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

With the left side done, I proceeded to complete the right side. This went a good bit faster now that

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Horizontal Stabilizer 

Progress Continues On HS

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

I got the build back up to speed with where I had left off, which was clecoing the HS skeleton

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The Workshop 

New Workshop

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

It has been about 5 months since my last build progress, which is really hard to believe! However, during that

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Recent Posts

  • Building Vertical Stabilizer
  • Finished Horizontal Stabilizer
  • HS Spar Assembly
  • Priming Horizontal Stabilizer
  • Primers: A Salt Fog Test

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  • Jesse on Primers: A Salt Fog Test
  • Drew Harthorn on Primers: A Salt Fog Test

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  • Build Preparation (16)
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    • The Workshop (10)
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    • Horizontal Stabilizer (9)
  • Priming (2)
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