Van's Aircraft RV-12

Van's Aircraft RV-12

Sunday, February 13, 2011

02132011 Empennage (Build Session 12)

Build Session 12, 02132011, 6 hours, 34 total

Finally back to metal wrangling!

Empennage, AST (Anti Servo Tabs) Page 08-01 - 08-04

Completed Section 8.

Rivet Count 107Solid 717 Pulled

Preparing the AST Skins, This time I tried what I have seen and that is only removing the blue plastic in the rivet areas for protection, as parts start to stack up I will need that in my garage.


Riveting in the ribs



Clecoed for match drilling the bottom holes


Riveting the topside


Riveted in the control horns with flush countersunk solid rivets (Not a fun place to do it in)


Preparing to rivet the right side control horn

Installing the AST spar under the skin


Setup for drilling the 132 holes in the AST hinge halves, this was tedious, and I screwed up a part that I now have to order :( (Note to other builders even though you read about the orientation of the drill guide make sure you verify before drilling :)


Riveting the top side ribs


Riveting in the hinge piece (same for left and right, double check orientation of hinge centerline to control horn.)


10302010 Empennage (Build Session 11)

Build Session 11, 10302010, 4 hours, 28 total

*Note this session was completed 10/30/10 but somehow did not get posted, after a 3 month hiatus I am building again today!

Empennage, Rudder Page 07-03 - 07-05

Completed Section 7.

Rivet Count 97 Solid 531Pulled

Fitting the rudder ribs




Attachment of the Hinge brackets to the spar


Installing the control horn



Riveting the remaining ribs




Clecoing the rudder skin




One side down


riveting the rudder spine