Monday, February 2, 2015

Stabilator aft skins, hinges, counterbalance

I had some good help from B today in finishing the stabilator.  We began by match drilling the skin splice plate.  We then riveted the aft hinges to the stabilator. The aft skins and ribs were then riveted. I rolled the forward edge of the aft skins to have tight contact with the forward skin.  We then installed the upper and lower horns.  We finished it off by attaching the weights to the counterbalance arm.  We tried it in the stabilator and then removed it for better storage until we start putting all the sub components together. 

Time: 2 hrs

Attaching aft hinges to stabilator

Ribs for Aft skin

Aft skin attached

Horns being attached 

Counterbalance weights added





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