Peter McBain - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log

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Date: 1-26-2017
Number of Hours: 2.50
Manual Reference: 9225501-LOG-03.030
Brief Description: Finished the Horizontal Stabiliser

What better way to spend Australia Day, than building an aeroplane. Yesterday I found a number of skin rivets that were not quite flush, so I started today by hitting them again with the rivet gun. That did the trick. Next up I cleco'd the rear spar back into place and then riveted it in, first to the ribs, and then to the skin. Around 300 rivets, so took a while. Except for the centre hinge bracket (still waiting for new bolts), the horizontal stabiliser is now finished. That's my first milestone completed.

The Horizontal Stabiliser is done.

Hopefully that's enough rivets holding the spar pieces together.

It's amazing how well the kit pieces all come together.

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