Tailcone Assembly – Page 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5
DATE: 11-07-2024 TIME: 1:00 – 4:30 ~ 3:30 Vans refers to this section as the tailcone assembly section but all the relevant […]
Category: Empennage
Articles and posts related to the actual build process of the empennage will be covered in this category.
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-17 & 14
DATE: 11-07-2024 TIME: 9:27 – 1:00 ~ 3:30 Continuing the preparation of the trim tabs per page 9-17 starting at step 4, […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-16 & 17
DATE: 11-06-2024 TIME: 11:55 – 5:00 ~ 5:00 As mentioned previously, I was not happy with the appearance of the trim tab […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-15, 18
DATE: 11-05-2024 TIME: 10:43 – 4:19 ~ 6:00 hours I had not completed the counterbalance weight trimming so started this morning again […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-15,
DATE: 11-04-2024 TIME: 1:10 – 4:41 ~ 3:20 My afternoon started with just cleaning up the shop. I try to make it […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-14,16, 17
DATE: 10-31-2024 TIME: 9:34 – 4:31 ~ 7:00 Today began with continuing the completion of attaching the tip rib assemblies to the […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-12,13,14
DATE: 10-30-2024 TIME: 9:37 – 5:18 ~ 8:20 hours If you are wondering how I can spend 8 hours working on assembly […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-10, 11
DATE: 10-29-2024 TIME: 9:00 – 4:57 ~ 6:30 hours I prefer to use the rivet squeezer when I am working on my […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-10
DATE: 10-26-2024 TIME: 11:32 a.m. – 3:51 p.m. Duration: ~ 4:20 My durations are approximate in part because I usually take a […]
Elevator Assembly – Page 9-8 & 9
DATE: 10-25-2024 TIME: 8:41 – 4:23 ~ 7:40 All the steps on page 9-8 are related to dimpling the E-1002 and E-1007 […]