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11 Aug 08 Horizontal Stabilizer – Everything up till Aug 10

I started working on the Horizontal Stabilizer on July 10th.

What I’ve done so far:

Date Time Task
7/10/2008 2 Started work on HS, match drilled hinges, setup bearing plates

7/12/2008 5 Set first rivet! (bearing plate), cut and bent HS flanges and parts

7/13/2008 1 Started fluting – learning process

7/15/2008 0.5 fluting, marking parts, deburring HS
7/19/2008 4 assembled left half of HS, drilled, fluted ribs, clecoed together and took apart

7/27/2008 1 worked on botched hole issue

7/29/2008 2 redrilled HS-405
8/2/2008 3 finished Left side HS prep work (no dimpling)

8/3/2008 3 finished Right side HS prep work (no dimpling)
8/9/2008 8 Debured, removed vinyl, dimpled all edge holes, redeedged HS parts, washed, primed

8/10/2008 4 Dimpled, prepped for rivets, re-edeged rear-spar stiffener and reprimmed


Safety First!

I’d like to add more editorialization to this process.  For now, here are the pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/datsclark/HS



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