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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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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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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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Empennage Horizontal Stabilizer 

HS: More Front Spar Work

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

6/1/20 – Bent the HS-702 tabs to 6 degrees per plans. Clamped HS-00001 spar doublers to the HS-702’s as well

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Empennage Horizontal Stabilizer 

HS Rear And Front Spar Assembly

June 3, 2020June 11, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

5/30/20 – After waiting for about a week for additional Clecos, they arrived. I also receive a Scotch-Brite 6″ 7S

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Empennage Horizontal Stabilizer 

Beginning Horizontal Stabilizer, Days 1-3

May 26, 2020June 11, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

With my shop all setup, most of the needed tools acquired and parts ready to go, it was time to

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Empennage 

Tail kit has arrived!

May 6, 2020May 15, 2020 Jesse 0 Comments

The empennage/tail kit has arrived! Two big boxes, one larger than the other. I believe the total weight was listed

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