2 hours

I am back on the empennage fairing again, I started off by trimming a little more off the left side so it would have a nice transition to the new glass layers that would be layed, after that I covered everything in packaging tape layed some wax down and then 2 layers of glass, in the front there are an additional 2.  I will see how it turned out tomorrow and if it needs another layer or not.

4 Hours
Over the past 2 days I worked on getting the Rudder Bottom Cut and mounted and mounting the strobe light.  The area behind where the strobe light goes is not very well built so what I decided to do was to fill the void with some flox and then drill and tap the holes needed to mount the strobe in the epoxy/flox. It turned out ok, only dowside is the weight from the flox.

1 Hour

The rudder Cap was once again neglected for some reason, I layed the last layer of glass on the foam so it can be cut off tomorrow and be completed.

1 Hour

The Dacron once again did its job and made the rudder caps perfect.  Rudder Cap was riveted however I did not lay any glass since I am not sure I will be out at the airport tomorrow. It may just have to wait until I get home next week.

1 Hour
The rudder cap got the same treatment as the Horizontal Stabilizer.

1 Hour

This morning I pulled the peel ply off and was very pleased with what was there.  a little bit of sanding and then the caps could be riveted on.  another layer of glass, in the same manner as previous and they were finished.

2 Hours

Since all the fiberglass materials are out, why not finish up the tail.

6 hours

Well it has been a long time since I posted but I have completed the Empennage minus the Trim tab, I have attempted it twice now with little luck so I am going to hold off a bit and try and get a little assistance before I give it one more go. Plane building is now on hold until the wings come. Shouldn’t be too long now. Elevator Complete 124 hours

6 hours

Its been a few days, but I managed to finish the Left Side Elevator today minus the trim tab and rolling the leading edge.

4 hours

I BROKE 100 HOURS TODAY!! Right at the 100 hour mark I believe I was back drilling the left elevator stiffiners to the skin, after that came the classic, debur, dimple, clean prime. While letting the primer dry I started on the initial assembly of the skeleton. It started again with clecoing the counterbalance rib to the tip rib and then drilling the 2 holes into the counterbalance. If you remember, last time this did not turn out to so well as I broke the bit in the hole requiring an additional hole next to it. It looks terrible but is still functional. This time I used my new drill and a brand new bit and had no problem at all, both holes went quick and perfect. After that I finished up with completing assembly of the skeleton. Tommorrow will be a very productive day, I cant wait!!