Category: Horizontal Stabiliser

DRILLED, DEBURRED, DIMPLED & PRIMED NEW HS706 Manual Reference: Hours: 0.5 Total Hours: 140.45

Riveted HS707 to top side of the skin then bottom side Clecoed Spar assy on then blind riveted 404-702-405 Installed spar to tip rib rivets Riveted Assy together Repeated for RHS While Riveteing RH HS706 to spar, rib became damaged,…

Today I -Installed LH HS404 & had to install one -5 Rivet as the hole was oversized from a bad rivet removal. Refer DfD-0005 Manual Reference: Hours: 1 Total Hours: 73.3

Today I Installed BACR15BB5AD6.5 rivet into the enlarged hole & installed both HS405’s & the RH HS404. Refer DfD-0002 Blended minor surface damage out of LH HS404 flange then alodined & primed Refer DfD-0004 Clecoed HS707 to the LH skin…

Today I drilled the damaged hole to 5/32″ the removed HS405 & Deburred all parts. Manual Reference: HS/RIVET Hours: 1 Total Hours: 70.3

Today I Pinched my finger in the Pneumatic squeezer while trying to remove the rivet squeeze heads. Had a better look at the elongated hole in HS710-702-405 and sent of a pic to Van’s, so i’ll wait and see what…

After Contacting other builders & looking at other builders logs I decided to rivet with the manufactured head forwards I finished riveting HS710/HS714 to HS702, although i had to drive the rivets for HS714 with the gun as the squeezer…

Today I Riveted the HS710/714 Angles to the HS702 front spar assembly with the four AN426 (Countersunk) rivets, I wasnt happy with the shop head on the -6 rivets which was called out on the plans by van’s so i…

Today I Alumiprepped, Alodined & Primed all the Ribs, Spars & Skin Internals, this is my first attempt at this method of priming and it went much better than spray can etch-primer. Manual Reference: HS/PREP/S5 Hours: 4.5 Total Hours: 65.55