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Horizontal Stabilizer, 83.5 hrs

11/02/03- HS Rear & Front Spar Fabrication
11/08/03- Dry Fitting the HS Skins
11/15/03- Finish Fitting HS & Main Rib to Front Spar MIS-DR

11/23/03- HS Forward Spar REWORK

12/13/03- HS Prep and Priming

12/14/03- FINALLY Riveting the HS

12/15/03- Finish Riveting of the HS

 

Vertical Stabilizer, 37 hrs

11/16/03- Dry Fitting the Vertical Stabilizer
11/17/03- Dimpling the Vertical Stabilizer

11/27/03- First Attempt at Priming

11/28/03- Riveting the Vertical Stabilizer

12/08/03- Riveting on the Vertical Stabilizer Rear Spar

 

Rudder, 54.5 hrs

11/26/03- Fabricating Rudder Stiffeners

11/28/03- Back Riveting Rudder Skins and Dry Fitting Skins

11/30/03- De-Burring Parts and Countersinking AEX Wedge

12/01/03- Dimpling Rudder Skeleton

12/04/03- Priming Rudder Skeleton

12/11/03- Riveting Rudder Skin to Skeleton

12/12/03- Preparing the Rudder Trailing Edge

12/16/03- Riveting Rudder Trailing Edge
??/??/??- Rolling the Leading Edge

 

     

 

Right Elevator, 34.5 hrs

12/03/03- Preparing Elevator Stiffeners

12/20/03- Elevator Preparation

12/22/03- Right Elevator Final Bending

12/23/03- Right Elevator De-burring, Dimpling, and Priming

12/25/03- Elevator Final Assembly

??/??/??- Rolling the Leading Edge

 

Left Elevator, 43 hrs and still counting

12/25/03- Left Elevator Trim Servo

01/02/04- Riveting Elevator Stiffener (OOPS)

01/03/04- Left Elevator Tedium Continues

01/04/04- Priming Elevator Skin

01/06/04- Bending the Left Elevator Tab

01/09/04- Left Elevator Trim Tab Hinge

02/28/04- Left Elevator Trim Tab Continued

 


Last Updated: December 2, 2006