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Date: 8-12-2004
Number of Hours: 52.00
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Brief Description: Empennage

The biggest challenge to this phase of construction was reaching into the back of the fuselage. Literally, at one point I got stuck and needed my son to grab my feet to pull me out (need to lose weight)! We also added a slurry of lead shot and epoxy to balance the control surfaces in order to protect against flutter.

inspection plate

elevator bell crank

primed

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