Day 2 – Stabilizers

  • Build Hours: 8.5h
  • 6-4 - Building the Vertical Stabilizer

Build Crew:

Hours:

Giacomo
6.5
Taylor
8.5
Niccolo
4
Jessica
4

Today we continued on with the Horizontal Stabilizer. Front Spar and Rear spar are now complete and the ribs have been drilled, deburred, and dimpled. After Taylor got the rear spar of the vertical stabilizer together, Jack and I did our first rivets and by the end of the day, finished riveting the Vertical Stabilizer!

The day started with cleco’ing the Rear Spar together. Getting the bends right was an interesting experience.
lots of deburring
completed HS rear spar
Nico working the Cleco Pliers!
Giacomo is becoming an expert
After getting this far, we switched to the Vertical Stabilizer for the rest of the day.
Taylor built out the Rear Spar for the vertical Stabilizer
Vertical Stabilizer cleco’d up
Jack and I showing off our Flush Rivets
Finished Vertical Stablizer!

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