11 Aug 08 Empennage Kit

My empennage kit arrived on July 1st. It was excited to get “high dollar aircraft parts” on the door step.  It was even more exciting taken them all out.  I will say Vans really knows how to organize their packing.  I could have done with out the vinyl-tearing duct tape, but maybe thats the best way to keep the skins from popping open.

Some pictures:

Yea… this all looks like a ton of work, and not much like a plane …

I did find two parts with the same part number, and was missing one part.  I think its pretty obvious what happened:

And more here.

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