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Horizontal Stabiliser - Drilling Horizontal Stabiliser Left Hand Side (3.2 Hrs)

Today I
-Finally pilot drilled the fwd flanges on HS405

 

 

-Drilled all rib to spar holes to #30 size except the HS708

-Unclecoed, Deburred holes & Re-Clecoed
-Clecoed skin on

-Enlarged HS708 holes to #21
-Slipped HS704 & 5 in place and marked holes
-Removed and fluted HS405/5
-Marked Centreline on HS404/5 flange
-Aligned flange centreline with holes and clamped in place
-Drilled aft flange of  HS405 to HS603
-Drilled HS609pp to Skin attach holes
-Drilled HS405-702-710 and HS405-714-704 holes

Match drilled all remaining holes in Skin

Horizontal Stabiliser - Drilling Horizontal Stabiliser (1.2 Hrs)

Continued to try to figure out drilling of HS404/5 but decided to leave this and get more info.
-Removed skins off skeleton

Horizontal Stabiliser - Drilling Horizontal Stabiliser (1.75 Hrs)

-I spent ages trying to work out the HS405 FWD Flange Drilling in Sec D-D but decided to leave that & assemble the HS temporarily with clecos to get an idea of how the assembly fits together.

Horizontal Stabiliser - Rib Preparation (.25 Hrs)

-I fluted the HS708 R, HS706 L&R & HS707 L&R.
As we dont know the location of holes on HS404 & 405 I wont flute them yet

Horizontal Stabiliser - Rear Spar Assy (0.75 Hrs)

The primer is now dry on the VA146 bearing so I riveted the HS411's around the Bearing with a -5 rivet for the first rivet, but like many other builders I wasn't happy with the shop head so I drilled it out and did all the rivets with -6.

-Next I clecoed the hs411 assembly to the spar & enlarged the attachment holes to #12 size.

-I then marked the parts

Horizontal Stabiliser - Rib Preparation (.4 Hrs)

I Did my first flutes on the Right Hand HS708

The Ribs Layed out

First Flutes