I completed Section 6 of the V Stab assembly today. I bolted the upper hinge assembly on the rear spar and wired the lower hinge assembly with a bag of bolts and washers to the lower end of the spar. The fairings will be installed with Section 12.I started to work on the rudder components. Separated the parts, removed the blue film and polished the edges.
Clamped the spar caps to the spar and matched drilled the web holes. Removed clecos, chips and deburred the holes. Clecoed the spar caps back in place and match drilled the holes in the spar flanges.
Disassembled, deburred holes and polished all parts with a maroon Scotch Brite pad.
Primed the internal parts of the rudder. They are now ready for assembly, however, the rudder horn is on back-order.
I contacted Van's and was told they have the rudder horn and will ship it this week. The other parts for the horizontal stabilizer will not ship until after March 8th.
