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More Empennage Installation (4/19/14)
3.5 Hours - Today, I continued working on the empennage installation. However, before I could do any more work on the plane, I had to gather all the parts. For the empennage, this meant climbing into...
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Vertical Stabilizer Installation Started (4/20/14)
4.0 Hours - The goal for the day was to have the vertical stabilizer drilled to the fuselage. I came close to completing this, but I was sidetracked with other tasks that I thought would make...
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Empennage Installation Continued (4/25/14)
1.7 Hours - The first thing I wanted to do was to get the elevator pushrods reconnected to the bellcrank in the fuselage. I struggled reaching these parts the other day, but then I realized that the...
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Vertical Stabilizer Installation Complete (4/26/14)
1.0 Hours - Today, I finished installing the vertical stabilizer by drilling holes for the three bolts that hold the lower portion of the vertical stabilizer’s aft spar to the fuselage and tailwheel...
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Empennage Fairing Started (5/17/14)
1.7 Hours - It has been a busy couple of weeks, so I haven’t had any time to work on the plane. However, before removing the horizontal and vertical stabilizers for storage, I wanted to work on the...
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Empennage Fairing Continued (5/18/14)
1.0 Hours - Today, I continued working on the empennage fairing. First, I had to finish trimming the fairing. The dust created when trimming fiberglass parts is ridiculous. After trimming the...
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Empennage Fairing Fiberglass Work (9/14/14)
1.5 Hours - I know it has been four months since my last post, but I have been working on the plane occasionally. I’ve been doing little things here and there, but never enough to make it worth...
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More Empennage Fairing Fiberglass Work (9/21/14)
1.5 Hours - Fiberglass work has, in my opinion, a few downsides. It’s messy, it makes you itch, it is more of an art than a science, and you have to spend more time letting things cure/dry than doing...
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Still More Empennage Fairing Fiberglass Work (10/5/14)
4.0 Hours - Despite the posting date, this is actually work I’ve been doing since the last post. As I’ve said before, the problem with fiberglass is that you spend more time waiting for it cure than...
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Empennage Fairing Finished (10/16/14)
5.0 Hours - Once again, this post is actually a culmination of work I’ve been doing over the last two weeks. With the work I’ve been doing, on most days I don’t feel like I accomplished anything...
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