Van's Aircraft RV-12

Van's Aircraft RV-12

Thursday, October 14, 2010

10112010 Empennage (Build Session 5)

Build Session 5, 10112010, 2.5 hours, 13 total

Empennage, Vertical Stabilizer Page 06-04 and 06-05

Completed Page 06-04

Completed through Page 06-05 Steps 1 & 2

Rivet Count 18 Solid 8 Pulled

Riveting in the K1000-3 Nutplates that will hold the Rudder brackets and bearings. I made the first of many mistakes and in my excitement and anxiety of setting my first flush rivets I squeezed the first rivet without the nut plate, chalk it up to needing practice drilling out rivets.




Flutes and deburred all the Rudder frame ribs, they are ready for priming metal to metal contact areas.






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