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Dans RV8
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Date: 8-8-2006
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Number of Hours: 6.00
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Manual Reference: Vertical Stab
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Brief Description: Attaching the Vertical Stabilizer
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I read through the procedure several times before understanding it. Eventually, I fit the rear spar to the fuselage and drilled the holes. There was a small problem with the lower holes. The holes were supposed to go through the bottom hinge weldament, through the fuselage skin and then through the tailwheel attachment. The plans show the holes drilled near the edge of the hinge. I elected to move them in a bit. Good thing - I was near the edge of the tailwheel attach point. On the left side of the plane, I had to relieve a little metal from the tailwheel to allow the bolt to sit well. While this was a little time consuming, the result was good and there is plenty of material to support the bolt.
From there, I had to set the incidence of the vertical stab. This required determining the centerline of the fuselage. I ended up clamping a long bar across the midsection of the cabin and assuring that it was square. I then drew equal length arcs to the rear of the fuselage. The intersection of the left and right arcs provided an accurate center point. I was able to "sanity check" this line with a chalk line.
I prepped F-681, the front spar attachment plate and match drilled it to the HS spar. This is a little deviation from the suggested procedure, but allowed me to drill without climbing back in the fuselage tail. Unfortunately, the lower holes were close to the edge of the plate. I decided that I could make a new one out of some 2024-T3 .063 stock that I had on hand. I eventually wimped out, though, and decided to contact Vans to verify that the material was OK. So, time to stop for the day. (They later came back and said that the material was fine. - saving me a week of waiting for parts)
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