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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Vertical Stabilizer Skin completed

1 hr. - Flipped the VS over and inserted all of the rivets, and began finishing up the skin.


And it's done!


Installed both antenna rods to see how it looks:



Monday, April 10, 2017

Vertical Stabilizer Skin

3 hrs. - It's been almost a month since my last post.  Life's kept us busy!  Had some down time with the Sonex engine I wanted to solve, and working away on my wife's office.  Good news is the Sonex is airworthy again and back in the sky.  I'll post about that soon.

Had to complete the VOR/GS/LOC antenna cable end before closing up the Skin.  When I ordered the antenna and cable, I also purchased the wrong fitting.  I needed Male ends but got female.  Thought I had an extra one at my hangar...and I did...an extra Female end.  Another order from Aircraft Spruce, and now the cable is terminated and connected to the antenna puck.


Skin is fitted and then I could enlarge the openings for the antenna rod exit holes.


If you look closely at the top, you can see the VOR/GS/LOC antenna rod sticking out.  These thread into the puck thru the Skin, and have a Allen set screw that locks it in place.


I reamed out all of the rivet holes, deburred the skin and structure and primed the inside Skin.  It's not pretty but also not meant to be visible, just cut down on corrosion.