Not a whole lot of time available to work on the plane
tonight. So I jumped back to the horizontal stabilizer. I received the
replacement HS-710 and HS-714 angles from Van's yesterday. (Grrrr..The third
ones!!!) I hope I really nail it this time.
I carefully marked out the center lines on each side of the
angle pieces. Then I countersunk the two center holes of each angle (Very much
a pain to re-set the countersink cage after I changed it for the rudder
counterweight) I then cleco'd the front
spar assembly back together and ensured that the assembly was straight.
Everything was bang-on! It really helped when I filed the ends of the front
spars where they met on the previous Friday. Now with the new angles...it all
lined up.
I used the drill press and matched drilled all the holes
inboard of the bend lines with a #30 bit. Once complete I then rechecked the
front spar assembly and confirmed that it was perfectly straight even when
sitting vertically on the HS-714 angle. I can safely say that I did less than
1/32" difference between the two ends. I was pleased with the fit of the countersunk holes as well cause its really tough to get it to nest nice.
Third time's a charm!! Like my tool box... Ahh...I just have
to laugh! Well...At least it's perfect.
Do I have a name for the plane now??? We shall see.
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