Empennage  

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105 Total hours (Empennage)

5 Jun 2003    Received empennage and started inventorying.             
22 Jun 2003      Worked on rear spar for horizontal stab
27-29 Jun 2003  Attended RV Builders Workshop at Griffin, GA
30 Jun 2003       Deburred and match drilled HS 411 hinge
3-4 Jul 2003    Put new electrical and cooling/heating vents in garage
8-9 Jul 2003    Trimmed HS 710/714.  Match drilled to front spar
12 Jul 2003    Started work on Vertical Stab  Left for Disney World vacation
21 Jul 2003    Deburred ribs, spar and skin.  Dimpled ribs
30 Jul 2003    Cut off flanges on front spar and bent tabs to match stiffeners
2 Aug 2003    Primed vertical stab parts between rain storms.
14 Aug 2003  Drove first rivets!
15 Aug 2003  Primed and riveted rear spar of Horizontal Stab
16 Aug 2003  Trimmed HS 404 ribs and finished all edges of all ribs
17 Aug 2003  Matched drilled all ribs and spars
29 Aug 2003 Assembled vertical stab
31 Aug 2003   Began riveting horizontal stab
2 Sep 2003   Finished assembling horizontal stab
15 Sep 2003 Started the Rudder assembly
28 Sep 2003 Deburred, dimpled and edge finished
1 Oct 2003    Wings arrive!!!
4 Oct 2003    Primed Rudder
5 Oct 2003    Riveted stiffeners and spar
6 Oct 2003    Riveted Counterbalance skin and attached counterweight
13 Oct 2003  Riveted the trailing edge of the rudder
14 Oct 2003  Bent the leading edge and finished rudder
25 Oct 2003  Inventoried the final bags of parts for the wing kit
26 Oct 2003  Began the elevators.  Built the stiffeners
27 Oct 2003  Match drilled spar to ribs and drilled counterweight
1 Nov 2003   Deburred and dimpled the right elevator
2 Nov 2003   Started the left elevator
3 Nov 2003   Started riveting the elevator
6 Nov 2003   Attached skin to structure
8 Nov 2003   Deburred and dimpled left elevator
9 Nov 2003   Began edge finishing parts
11 Nov 2003  Primed the left elevator parts and bent right leading edge
12 Nov 2003  Began riveting the left elevator 
14 Nov 2003  Bent the tab on left elevator
18 Nov 2003  Built the wing jig
20 Nov 2003  Match drilled, deburred, dimpled and edge finished
21 Nov 2003  Primed new left elevator skin
24 Nov 2003  Assembled understructure
25 Nov 2003  Started skin riveting
30 Nov 2003  Built the trim tab and finished the empennage!

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