I am incredibly lucky that my parts came this morning already. Next day service?!? I’ll take that! Thanks Van’s! I wasn’t counting on being able to get this done before I left for a long weekend for a family reunion. But here we go! For as frustrated and deflated as… Read More »Horizontal stabilizer done right
Well, it was bound to happen, but here we are. I am re-ordering my first part from Van’s. I get it – everyone does it, but that doesn’t make it any easier. I will admit that it is a real confidence shaker. I find myself going back over other work… Read More »Horizontal stabilizer and a significant whoops
Upon completion of the rudder (what felt like four times after all of the rivet drilling and re-setting of course) it is time to move on to the horizontal stabilizer. The first order of business was to reorganize the shop into a new configuration so that my work tables would… Read More »Horizontal stabilizer start