Continued Work on HS

Tad stopped by after work today and we got 3.5hrs in on the Horizontal Stabilizer. Now both sections have been assembled and match drilled. Need to debur and dimple and then decide on the priming we want to do.

Emp. Kit progress

Yesterday Tad and I got 7hours of work done on the tail kit. I had mostly done a lot of deburring beforehand so we only spent a couple of hours match drilling a few areas, like the forward attachment brackets (908's) and cleaning up one last rear spar. I had to leave some of it for Tad to work on after all... he's half owner in this too!!

From Pete and Tad's RV-9a Build

After all the Ribs, Spars, Doublers were match drilled and deburred Tad went to the shop to cut out the Jig Cradles for the Horizontal Stabilizer. He came back with them perfectly cut out and ready to be fastened to the workbench. We made sure everything was level and then dropped the first skin into the Jig. We managed to get all the nose ribs clekoed in and a few of the ribs. still have to cleko the skin to the spar and drop in a few more ribs. Then we'll match drill this and then debur and dimple / countersink where needed.

We are happy with the progress so far. Getting the nose ribs on the inward side was a little tricky but a small flute allowed it to drop in quite nicely. No issues so far and everything is lining-up really well.
Next build time will be tomorrow (Tuesday night) ....

From Pete and Tad's RV-9a Build

From Pete and Tad's RV-9a Build

From Pete and Tad's RV-9a Build

From Pete and Tad's RV-9a Build

From Pete and Tad's RV-9a Build