All entries filed under ‘Empennage’

gbi-emp-screenshot
April7

Empennage Construction DVDs

By: Brian W.

A review of GeoBeck’s “RV 6/7/8 Empennage Construction” DVD set.

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HS-609s
November13

Empennage Kit Arrives!

By: Brian W.

The first batch of real RV-8 parts arrived on Friday. Let the madness begin!

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HS-412 Brackets
November26

HS Rear Spar Assembly

By: Brian W.

Building begins: Dad and I dive head first into the Empennage Kit.

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Bending HS-814
December30

HS Front Spar Assembly

By: Brian W.

After finishing four solid weeks of work, I finally got a chance to get back to building.

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Drilling the 702
January1

Drilling the Horizontal Stab

By: Brian W.

Nothing like a little airplane work to ring in the new year.

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Bench Mount Dimpling
January2

Deburring and Dimpling

By: Brian W.

We finish the prep work on the HS components before priming.

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Priming
January3

Surface Prep and Priming

By: Brian W.

We break out the SEM and get down to business.

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rivet-gauge
January4

Riveting the HS Spars

By: Brian W.

With priming done, we squeeze the first rivets in the HS spars.

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HS-707 Nose Rib Clecoed
January5

Skin Riveting & Murphy’s Law

By: Brian W.

Mr. Murphy rears his ugly head, slowing progress a bit.

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Coming Together
April15

Closing the Horizontal Stab

By: Brian W.

Our Tech Counselor visits and we make some headway on the stab.

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Drilling
April17

The Vertical Stab Goes Down

By: Brian W.

With the HS mostly complete, we begin work on the vertical stab.

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Rivetheads: Brian and Dad
April19

Vertical Stab Complete

By: Brian W.

Brian, Dad and “The Robot” finish work on the vertical stab.

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Drilling Rivets
April20

Horizontal Stab Quality Control

By: Brian W.

We bring our Tech Counselor back in to inspect some bad rivets.

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Rudder Assembly
July1

Rudder Progress

By: Brian W.

With both stabs done, we begin work on the rudder.

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