Empennage
Horizontal Stabilizer
04-05-2011: Ordered empennage kit
04-07-2011: Empennage kit arrived, kit is inventoried - 3 hrs
04-08-2011: HS rear spar, lots of sanding and smoothing - 2.5 hrs
04-09-2011: HS rear spar - 7 hrs
04-10-2011: HS rear spar, riveted the bracket/bearing assembly - 1 hr
04-11-2011: HS front spar - 2.5 hrs
04-12-2011: HS front spar - 3 hrs
04-14-2011: Trimmed HS404 - 3 hrs
04-15-2011: Worked on HS ribs HS404, 405, 706, 707, 708 on the left side - 3 hrs
04-16-2011: Drilled HS404 and 405, de-vinyled left HS skin, - 2.5 hrs
04-17-2011: Repeat above step for right hand side HS - 6.5 hrs
04-18-2011: Deburred HS parts - 3 hrs
04-19-2011: Sanding HS part, boring! - 3hrs
04-20-2011: More sanding HS part, boring!! - 10hrs
04-21-2011: Deburred, cleaned and primed HS parts on left side - 3.5hrs
04-22-2011: Deburred, cleaned and primed HS parts on right side - 4hrs
04-23-2011: Finished priming, started riveting HS parts - 5hrs
04-24-2011: Riveted skin to inside ribs - 9 hrs
05-01-2011: Finished VS and HS. 4.5 hr for VS and 2 hrs for HS - 6.5 hrs
Total Time for HS: 73.5 hrsVertical Stabilizer
04-25-2011: Deburred VS-808PP - 2 hrs
04-26-2011: Match drilled VS410PP, deburred VS ribs - 3.5 hrs
04-27-2011: Deburred and smoothed VS-704, final drilled skin/under-structure - 2 hrs
04-28-2011: Inside rivets inspected, riveted HS404, 405 and 702 together - 3hrs
04-29-2011: Dimpled VS803PP and countersunk VS808PP - 2 hrs
04-30-2011: Primed all VS parts, de-vinyled skin, clecoed VS together - 4 hrs
05-01-2011: Finished VS and HS. 4.5 hr for VS and 2 hrs for HS - 6.5 hrs
Rudder
05-03-2011: Started working on rudder stiffeners - 2 hrs
05-04-2011: Trimmed rudder stiffeners - 1.5 hrs
05-05-2011: Right hand side rudder stiffeners are final trimmed and primed - 3hrs
05-06-2011: Right rudder skin and stiffeners are deburred, dimpled, primed and riveted -3 hrs
05-07-2011: Left rudder skin and stiffeners are riveted. Started on rudder skeleton - 4 hrs
05-08-2011: Skeleton final drilled, skins fitted, rudder horn brace fabricated - 2.5 hrs
05-09-2011: Ordered wing kit, drilled the rudder horn brace R-719 -0.5 hr
05-10-2011: Fabricated bottom attaching strip R-918, deburring, edge smoothing - 2.5hrs
05-11-2011: Finished deburring, smoothing, rudder parts got primed. Skin dimpled - 3.5 hrs
05-12-2011: Dimpled the rest of rudder parts, riveted rudder skeleton- 2.5 hrs
05-13-2011: Rivet couterbalance parts, and rudder skin - 4.5 hrs
05-14-2011: Riveted bottom rib and horn brace, glued trailing wedge using epoxy - 4 hrs
05-15-2011: Riveted trailing edge, rolled leading edge. Started elevator stiffeners - 5 hrs
Elevator
05-16-2011: Final trim and edge prep elevator stiffeners, no pictures today - 1.5 hrs
05-17-2011: Continue working on elevator stiffeners, finished edge prep all stiffeners - 2 hrs
05-18-2011: Final drilled stiffeners to right elevator skin - 1 hr
05-19-2011: Deburred, de-vinyled, primed right skin, deburred right stiffeners - 1.5 hrs
05-20-2011: Prime stiffeners, dimple stiffeners and right skin - 1 hr
05-21-2011: Right elevator skeleton and countbalance structure, final bend skin - 4 hrs
05-22-2011: Disassembled right elevator, started deburring, dimpling - 2.5 hrs
05-23-2011: Edge prep, prime right elevator parts, started riveting right rudder - 4 hrs
05-24-2011: Finished riveting right elevator - 2 hrs
05-25-2011: Riveted the last 8 rivets on right elevator, started left elevator - 2.5 hrs
05-26-2011: Deburr left elevator skin and stiffeners, de-vinyle skin, no pictures - 1.5 hrs
05-27-2011: dimpled, primed left elevator stiffeners and skin - 1.5 hrs
05-28-2011: Riveted stiffeners and trim tab reinforcement plate to skin - 2 hrs
05-29-2011: Started working on left elevator skeleton - 1 hrs
05-31-2011: Counterbalance weight drilled, left elevator skeleton and skin clecoed -1.5 hrs
06-01-2011: Final drilled all left elevator parts, started deburring -2.5 hrs
06-02-2011: Deburred, dimpled and primed all left elevator parts. - 3 hrs
06-04-2011: Counterweight balance - 1 hr
06-05-2011: Bended the trim tab on the left elevator - 1 hr
06-06-2011: Clecoed the left elevator for riveting - 0.5 hr
06-09-2011: Riveted left elevator - 2 hrs
06-12-2011: Trim tab - 2.5 hrs
06-13-2011: Trim tab hinge- 2.5 hrs
06-14-2011: Fixed gap in left elevator L.E., rolled L.E. of right elevator -2.5 hrsTotal Hours for Elevators: 49.5 hrs
