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Wayne Bartlett's Blog – July 2009 Archive (6)
July 8 Progress Made on Tail Kit
The first operation I did today was to make sure that the tips of the horizontal stab's full ribs, which eminate from the rear spar and flush up against the forward spar at its ends, and the small nose rib were coplanar. The instructions have us do this by placing the assembly leading-edge down and check the three points against the flat surface of the table; I did this, and all three ribs seemed to meet the table just… Continue
Added by Wayne Bartlett on July 8, 2009 at 8:27pm — No Comments
July 6 Work on Tail Kit
Today's progress consisted of five small but separate operations:
- Locating and drilling the horizontal stab front mount brackets
- Finishing the holes on the forward spar end brackets
- Locating and drilling holes to attach the upper and lower doubler to the rear spar
- Locating the drilling holes to attach the rear ribs to the rear spar
- Locating and drilling holes to attach the two full ribs to… Continue
Added by Wayne Bartlett on July 7, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments
Slideshow Documentation for July 6 Tail Kit Work
July 6, 2009 Tail Construction Trim Fwd Spar End Brackets.ppt
July 6, 2009 Tail Construction HS Front Mounts.ppt…
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Added by Wayne Bartlett on July 7, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
July 5 Tail Construction Progress and Documentation Slide Show
Progress continues on the tail kit over the long July 4th weekend, during which I've got lots of time to work on it.
I'm using digital photos fed into powerpoint to document, and I've attached the slide show for today's work. The large file size is a result of the many photos that are included.
I started today by laying out the… Continue
Added by Wayne Bartlett on July 5, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
Tail Construction Continues
First, I placed the upper doubler onto the horizontal stab forward spar and confirmed that the centerline mark on the doubler coincided with the centerline mark on the spar.
Then I clamped the doubler to the spar in four places, and drilled and clecoed the centerline hole.
Then I drilled the holes a good deal to each side of the doubler and clecoed those.
Then I drilled out the remaining holes through the… Continue
Added by Wayne Bartlett on July 4, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
Tail Construction Started Today
First, pieces were inventoried: everything is present in stated quantities.
I started by labeling the horizontal stab front spar with "top" and "fwd/aft," and then placed it on wood strips with the aft side up (this puts the lightening hole flange down).
Next, I found the centerline of the spar and marked it with a vertical line on the aft… Continue
Added by Wayne Bartlett on July 3, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments
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