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Empennage — Work Session (2h 36m)
Cut the foam ribs as well as the counterbalance weights. The weights had quite some cavities, nevertheless I created two matched pairs (+-2gram). I hope they turn out a bit heavy so they can still be …
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 37m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 4m)
Rudder completed! The ProSeal made no mess at all. I only put a really thin layer on so it did ooze very little (if at all). Cleaned a few holes and riveted with the trailing edge rivet set. The edge …
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Empennage — Work Session (3h 17m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 12m)
Prosealed the rudder trailing edge. Stabilized with a aluminum angle. Only had the 30min Proseal (which was expired since 2 years) but it worked flawlessly thanks to my helpful wife, working hand in h…
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Empennage — Work Session (3m)
Horizontal stabilizer done!
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 24m)
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 11m)
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 39m)
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 44m)
The inspector inspected and saw it was good! That means I can proceed and close the first milestone, which is finalizing the vertical stabilizer! No dents in the skin, quite happy so far!
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Empennage — Work Session (31m)
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 21m)
Riveted the tip ribs, nutplates to the reinforcement plates as well as the right Elevator Horn. Called Vans today and they agreed to replace my left elevator horn as it looks like that there is a manu…
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 26m)
After priming, I started riveting the parts together. One point that left me abit confused was the counterbalance skin. There was no step that made you dimple it. Although clear now, I had to re-dimpl…
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 53m)
I built replacement custom Trim cable attachments the Vans Stock mounts (WD-415). They are similar to the ones from I iflyrv10.com but have a thicker base. The plan is to countersunk the bottom and th…
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 18m)
As most of the parts are already drilled to size, this was quite straight forward. Still checked all holes (a few of each row) with a rivet though.
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Empennage — Work Session (12m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 48m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 45m)
Straightening, deburring and polishing parts.
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 44m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 25m)
Stabilizer ready for Assembly. I steady riveted in the Nose Ribs, now waiting for the inspection (which is scheduled for Tuesday 4.08.2026) so I can finish with the Rudder, HS / VS stabilizer as well …
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 26m)
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Empennage — Work Session (3h 35m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 9m)
Riveted the spar doubler and hinge brackets, as well as bolted the inboard hinge bracket.
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 35m)
Primed all the parts!
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Empennage — Work Session (15m)
Degreased all the parts
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Empennage — Work Session (6h 55m)
Deburred, Dimpled, countersunk and scuffed all the parts. Ready for priming! Bought 30 scuffing wheels for the price of 6 at the store… probably was incorrectly priced.
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 38m)
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Empennage — Work Session (3h 50m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 45m)
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Empennage — Work Session (3h 40m)
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 34m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 54m)
Deburred and primed the bushing. Already went ahead and built the Stabilizer jigs with material from the crate.
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 13m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 55m)
Last steps before the Proseal mess! One rivet in the stiffener had to be riveted with the chisel method at it was way to tight for the normal squeezer. Also had to use some oops rivets as the shop hea…
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 0m)
Back Rivetted all stiffener to both skin halves. Had to re-do some rivets as they ended up to short when forming them to the size of an „optimal“ rivet (using the rivet gauge“…
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 27m)
Scuffed the skins and primed all the parts. Priming went better than the last time, seems I slowly get the hang of spraying without making a mess.
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Empennage — Work Session (3h 13m)
Dimpled, deburred, countersunk and prepared all parts for priming.
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 20m)
Built the Rudder Stiffeners, Rudder horn and ribs. Dry assembled everything together.
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 19m)
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Empennage — Work Session (4h 33m)
Finished one half of the VS.
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Empennage — Work Session (2h 31m)
First rivets have been set and I started the final assembly of the skeleton. For the two rivets between the top Rudder attachment brackets, I had to use the lathe to turn a bucking bar/die holder that…
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Empennage — Work Session (4h 30m)
Dimpled, cleaned and primed all the parts.
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Empennage — Work Session (3h 15m)
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Empennage — Work Session (56m)
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Empennage — Work Session (1h 40m)
This marks the start of the project. First metal is cut, ground and the first holes are drilled! Exciting!
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Other — Work Session (1h 40m)
First session logged! Inventoried the first items of the Wing. Found some things to improve on the BenchLog tool. Getting there.
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Arrival of the Aveo Ziptips
Just received the Aveo Ziptips Reno . They are quite pricey but I really like the design and features, there is basically no need for any more additional lighting on the Plane, which is nice... They a…
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Building the Dimpler
Since I still have quite some time before the first kits from Van’s arrive, I decided to make good use of it and take on a small side project: building my own dimpler. I’ll admit, the price of a comme…