In prep for the weekend, I tried to get a few things completed on the Horizontal Stabilizer. First I went to match-drill the ribs on the front spar, only to realize that I had mounted the ribs in the last video on the wrong side. Honestly I just clecoed them on to get an idea of what it would look like.
Flipping over the rib, I mounted all the ribs and completed all my match drilling. I did notice a few rivets that I needed to address. Decided to go “off plans” and build a cradle using nylon webbing. This did make it slightly more difficult to get the nose ribs riveted to start with, but ended up making it easy to tilt the stabilizer a little bit as I assemble things.
Got the skins prepped and in the cradles, then went back to the spar and ribs to get them marked and the ribs fluted. Once the ribs were off the spar, I could address those rivets that needed to be replaced.