Horizontal Stabilizer – Part 1

While I am waiting for a good 2 hour block of time to do my Rudder Trailing Edge, I jumped to the next chapter to work on the Horizontal Stabilizer.  First off this is a LONG piece.  I originally was working on just one of the EAA benches, but about halfway through decided to move things around a bit to have a better work area.

Started to go nuts filing the edges of the spar and doubler before I switched to the deburring tools.  Pretty standard stuff of deburr, assemble, match drill, take apart and deburr holes, prime, then assemble.  As I started to rivet the parts together I decided to pull in my youngest helper.  She had a blast “helping” and using the celco pliers on my airplane.  She has already been asking if she can come out and help and I fully intend to keep both girls involved in my build!

Completed page 8-2:1-6 and page 8-3:1