Today I started by gathering all the parts for the horizontal stabilizer. This is where things really start to get big. I can also tell that this area clearly gets hit with a lot of force as everything is far thicker than everything else I’ve put together. The spar’s clock in at just over 11′ long!
I really didn’t take many pictures in order as I have been trying to do. First I took off the plastic on the HS1003 Rear Spar & the HS906 Rear Spar Doubler. Next I cleco’d it together, and began to match drill all the holes per the plans. After counter sinking the 2 holes in the center and deburing every hole, I began match drilling the hing brackets. After that was done I deburred the edges (Step 1) and scruffed the pieces for primer.
Since I had no desire to prime today, I continued ahead with the plans. The next thing was the flange bearing. This was incredibly easy to do and I spent more time grabbing tools then I did working on the piece.
Since I couldn’t attach the flange bearing to the rear spar, I skipped another step. Steps 3 & 4 on pg 8-3 are essentially the same. You make the same piece (HS1008 Front Spar Attach Bracket) but they are opposite sides. I think the amount of time I saved on the flange bearing went into in these 2 pieces. You take a 6″ long x 2. 1/2″ tall x 2″ deep angle aluminum and cut it down every which way possible. This really wasn’t difficult compared to some of the things I used to machine years ago. But still time consuming.
Everything waiting to get primed for now
