Horizontal Stabilizer Complete!

• Found 3/4" x 0.058" tube for reinforcement
• Finished first frame
• Installed Reinforcement "J" on second frame
• Finished second frame
• Horizontal Stabilizer Complete!

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Hours today    : 9.5
Hours forward: 24.5
Hours total      : 34.0

Horizontal Stabilizer

• Finished cross-bracing (tubes cut and deburred)
• Up-drilled remaining holes to 1/8" and clecoed
• Took frame apart for final deburring
• Clecoed frame back together for riveting
• Riveted frame except B-Gusset, because
  
• Reinforcement "J" missing (can't find tube)

• Cut and deburred tubing for second frame
• Made Gussets A, B & C, deburred
• Clecoed frame with silver Clecos (3/32")

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Hours today    : 7.0
Hours forward: 17.5
Hours total      : 24.5

Horizontal Stabilizer

• Making second set of Gussets A & B
• Making 3x Gusset D for cross-braces
• Riveted D-Gussets in Place
• Riveted Brace #10 in Place

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Hours today    : 3.0
Hours forward: 14.5
Hours total      : 17.5

Horizontal Stabilizer

• Completed both C-Gussets (Rivet holes marked and drilled)
  
• Drilled No 9 & 7 tubes (perpendicular tubes)
• Fitted tubes with C-Gusset using silver Clecos
• Made other two gussets to complete frame
• Assembled frame with silver Clecos
• Drilled all holes up to rivet size and fixed with copper Clecos
• Started cutting tubes for cross-bracing (need brackets first)

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Hours today    : 7.0
Hours forward : 7.5
Hours total      : 14.5

Horizontal Stabilizer

• Building Jig for horizontal Stabilizer
• Cutting tubes, completing jig
• Pre-cut C-Gusset marked to cut corner
• Made C-Gusset test piece to test snips -> snips no good

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Hours today     : 2.0
Hours forward : 5.5
Hours total       : 7.5

Kit 1 arrives

• Brian arrived a few minutes short of 11am this morning
• Unloading two boxes and "The Tube"
• Immediate start of inventoring interrupted by Flying Lesson
• As per Travis AN8-67A wingbolts on backorder
• Same with the aileron control cables

Sept 05 2009 - Kit 1 arrives

Hours today     : 5.5
Hours forward : 0.0
Total hours      : 5.5