Tail

• [23 Nov 2022] - Received and inventoried tail kit
• [24 Nov 2022] - Worked on horizontal stabilizer spar stiffeners
• [25 Nov 2022] - Match drilling and HS front spar fabrication work
• [28 Nov 2022] - HS front spar bending reinforcement parts work
• [29 Nov 2022] - Bent HS front spar reinforcement angles, trimmed nose ribs
• [30 Nov 2022] - Started deburring HS ribs
• [2 Dec 2022] - Finished deburring and fluting HS ribs
• [3 Dec 2022] - Assembled and drilled left HS skeleton
• [4 Dec 2022] - Trimmed HS front spars, drilled left HS skin, right HS skeleton
• [5 Dec 2022] - Right HS skeleton and skin match drilling
• [6 Dec 2022] - Finished right HS drilling, began deburring HS skeleton
• [7 Dec 2022] - Deburred HS spars, started on skins
• [8 Dec 2022] - Finished deburring HS skins
• [9 Dec 2022] - Began HS dimpling
• [10 Dec 2022] - Finished C-frame table, dimpled HS skins
• [16 Dec 2022] - Fluted and deburred VS ribs
• [12 Jan 2023] - Assembled and began drilling vertical stabilizer
• [13 Jan 2023] - Drilled and deburred VS skin and skeleton
• [23 Jan 2023] - Dimpled VS skeleton and started dimpling skin
• [25 Jan 2023] - Finished dimpling VS skin
• [1 Feb 2023] - Began making rudder stiffeners
• [6 Feb 2023] - Finished trimming and deburring rudder stiffeners
• [19 Feb 2023] - Match drilled rudder skins and stiffeners
• [21 Feb 2023] - Deburred rudder skins and stiffeners holes
• [26 Feb 2023] - Dimpled rudder skins and stiffeners
• [4 Mar 2023] - First try priming, sprayed VS ribs and skin
• [12 Mar 2023] - Cleaned and primed various parts with spray can
• [14 Apr 2024] - Deburred new HS rear spar parts
• [17 Apr 2024] - Replacement HS-603PP spars, first rivets set!
• [19 Apr 2024] - Drilled new HS rear spars, primed skeleton parts, riveted bars to rear spar
• [21 Apr 2024] - Riveted brackets to HS rear spar
• [27 Apr 2024] - Riveted HS front spar, primed HS skins, started riveting skins
• [29 Apr 2024] - Finished riveting left HS skin, riveted right HS nose rib
• [30 Apr 2024] - Riveted right HS skin to front spar and main rib
• [1 May 2024] - Squeezed most of the rivets on HS rear spar and inboard and outboard ribs
• [3 May 2024] - Finished riveting HS, started VS by drilling new rib and rudder brackets
• [4 May 2024] - Drilled VS main spar, tip rib, dimpled, deburred, countersunk
• [5 May 2024] - Primed and riveted VS -- finished VS!
• [7 May 2024] - Started work on rudder skeleton
• [12 May 2024] - Primed rudder skins and second half of stiffeners
• [13 May 2024] - Back-riveted rudder stiffeners to rudder skins
• [14 May 2024] - Clecoed and match-drilled rudder skins to skeleton
• [16 May 2024] - Rearranged garage, trimmed and drilled R-710 bracket
• [17 May 2024] - Made and drilled rudder bottom cap attach strips, started deburring rudder
• [18 May 2024] - Deburred rudder parts and started dimpling
• [21 May 2024] - Beveled counterbalance skin and finished dimpling rudder
• [22 May 2024] - Drilled and dimpled rudder counterweight and rib
• [24 May 2024] - Countersunk the rudder trailing edge wedge
• [26 May 2024] - Primed rudder skeleton, drilled wedge angle, started riveting rudder
• [27 May 2024] - Riveted rudder skeleton, riveted rudder skins to skeleton
• [29 May 2024] - Epoxied trailing edge wedge into rudder
• [31 May 2024] - Riveted rudder trailing edge, leading edge, finished rudder
• [1 Jun 2024] - Started making elevator stiffeners
• [2 Jun 2024] - Finished making elevator stiffeners, drilled stiffeners to elevators
• [6 Jun 2024] - Dimpled elevator stiffeners, started deburring elevator skins
• [7 Jun 2024] - Finished deburring and dimpled elevator skin, worked on elevator spar doublers
• [8 Jun 2024] - Drilled right elevator spar doublers, fit counterbalance, deburring parts
• [9 Jun 2024] - Cleaned and primed elevator stiffeners and skins
• [15 Jun 2024] - Back-riveted stiffeners to elevator skins
• [18 Jun 2024] - Bent elevator skins and drilled right elevator skin
• [20 Jun 2024] - Beveled counterbalance skin, deburred and started dimpling right elevator parts
• [22 Jun 2024] - Dimpled right elevator skin, started working on left elevator skeleton
• [11 Aug 2024] - Drilled left elevator skin to skeleton
• [12 Aug 2024] - Deburred left elevator skin and skeleton
• [13 Aug 2024] - Countersunk left elevator skeleton, beveled counterbalance skin
• [14 Aug 2024] - Dimpled most of the left elevator skin and skeleton
• [6 Oct 2024] - Misc elevator work, started riveting right elevator
• [12 Oct 2024] - Trimmed right elevator weight, riveted right elevator skeleton and skin
• [13 Oct 2024] - Riveted left elevator
• [27 Oct 2024] - Finished trim motor mount, much work on trim tab
• [27 Dec 2024] - Primed and riveted trim tab
• [28 Dec 2024] - Riveted hinge to left elevator, riveted riblet, rolled leading edge
• [29 Dec 2024] - Finished rolling elevator leading edges -- empennage complete!