Empennage Inventory [3 Hours]
  [November 22, 2005]: [3 Hours] Empennage Arrived!

Horizontal Stabilizer [48 Hours]
  [November 23, 2005]: [2 Hours] Rear Spar
  [November 24, 2005]: [2 Hours] Deburred rear spar reinforcement bars
  [November 25, 2005]: [6 Hours] Rear and front spars
  [November 26, 2005]: [3 Hours] Empennage Ribs Deburring/Fluting
  [November 27, 2005]: [1 Hour] Primed elevator bearing
  [November 28, 2005]: [1 Hour] Re-fluted HS ribs
  [December 1, 2005]: [3 Hours] HS left skin attached
  [December 5, 2005]: [1 Hour] HS Left Inner ribs
  [December 6, 2005]: [4 Hours] Finished left HS drilling, started on right HS assembly
  [December 7, 2005]: [4 Hours] Right HS, de-vinyling
  [December 8, 2005]: [1 Hour] Inner skin scratch & prepping for priming
  [December 9, 2005]: [2 Hours] Deburring HS
  [December 10, 2005]: [1 Hour] Dimpled spars and ribs
  [December 12, 2005]: [1 Hour] Dimpled Skin
  [December 13, 2005]: [2 Hours] Deburred ribs/spars/bars, prepared to paint
  [December 14, 2005]: [3 Hours] Primed HS!
  [December 15, 2005]: [3 Hours] Riveting spars and ribs
  [December 16, 2005]: [3 Hours] Riveting HS
  [December 17, 2005]: [5 Hours] Finished HS!
  [January 7, 2006]: HS inspected

Vertical Stabilizer [20 Hours]
  [December 17, 2005]: [2 Hours] Drilled spar, mounted hinges, fluted ribs
  [December 18, 2005]: [4 Hours] Attached skin, deburring...
  [December 19, 2005]: Lightening Holes
  [December 20, 2005]: [1 Hour] Lightening Holes, devinyled skin
  [December 21, 2005]: [3 Hours] Finished VS doubler, deburred and dimpled skin
  [December 22, 2005]: [1 Hour] Deburred skin edges, sanded inside skin scratches
  [December 26, 2005]: [3 Hours] Primed VS ribs spars
  [December 27, 2005]: [3 Hours] Riveted spars and ribs
  [December 28, 2005]: [1 Hour] Started riveting skin
  [December 29, 2005]: [2 Hours] Finished VS

Rudder [48 Hours]
  [December 22, 2005]: [1 Hour] Starting fabrication of stiffeners
  [December 23, 2005]: [2 Hours] Finished fabrication of stiffeners
  [December 24, 2005]: [3 Hours] Deburred stiffeners & match drilled
  [December 26, 2005]: [1 Hour] Dimpled / Primed stiffeners
  [December 28, 2005]: [1 Hour] Devinyled skin
  [December 29, 2005]: [1 Hour] Deburred skin holes, dimpled skin
  [December 30, 2005]: [1 Hour] backriveted stiffeners to left rudder skin
  [January 1, 2006]: [3 Hours] Finished back riveting stiffeners, worked on spars and ribs
  [January 2, 2006]: [3 Hours] Match Drilled skin, first part re-order
  [January 3, 2006]: Finished drilling R-918 strip
  [January 5, 2006]: [1 Hour] New brace from Van's
  [January 6, 2006]: [5 Hours] Drilled horn brace, deburred, dimpled
  [January 7, 2006]: [1 Hour] Finished deburring skin - dimple mix-up
  [January 8, 2006]: Dimple Die Mix-up tips
  [January 9, 2006]: [1 Hour] Countersunk trailing rudder edge wedge
  [January 17, 2006]: [1 Hour] Deburred skin edges
  [January 19, 2006]: [4 Hours] Primed
  [January 20, 2006]: [4 Hours] Riveted framework
  [January 21, 2006]: [6 Hours] Riveted skins, fixed extra dimple hole
  [January 22, 2006]: [2 Hours] Trailing Edge work
  [January 24, 2006]: MEK'd rudder, went shopping
  [January 24, 2006]: [1 Hour] Pro-Sealed trailing edge
  [January 27, 2006]: [1 Hour] Trailing edge work..
  [January 28, 2006]: [2 Hours] Riveted trailing edge
  [January 29, 2006]: [3 Hours] Finshed rudder

Elevators [53 Hours]
  [January 3, 2006]: [2 Hours] Right stiffeners
  [January 4, 2006]: [2 Hours] Rounded out edges on right stiffeners
  [January 5, 2006]: [2 Hours] Finished fabricating left stiffeners
  [January 9, 2006]: [1 Hour] Drilled right stiffeners, Clecoed on left stiffeners
  [January 10, 2006]: [2 Hours] Deburred, dimpled stiffeners
  [January 11, 2006]: [1 Hour] Prepared trim servo stiffener
  [January 18, 2006]: [1 Hour] Devinyl & Deburr & Dimple (D^3) right skin
  [January 19, 2006]: Primed stiffeners
  [January 25, 2006]: [2 Hours] Riveted right stiffeners, devinyled left skin
  [January 26, 2006]: [3 Hours] Left elevator - deburred, dimpled and riveted stiffeners
  [January 27, 2006]: [3 Hours] Bend elevator trailing edge
  [January 30, 2006]: [3 Hours] Nutplate drilling, rib fluting and deburring
  [January 31, 2006]: [3 Hours] Rib match drilling
  [February 1, 2006]: [1 Hour] Left elevator work
  [February 2, 2006]: [2 Hours] Trim servo bracket mounting, left elevator countersinking
  [February 4, 2006]: [4 Hours] Deburring and prepping parts
  [February 5, 2006]: [2 Hours] primed elevator skeleton
  [February 6, 2006]: [1 Hour] Riveted right end ribs, started skin deburring
  [February 7, 2006]: [1 Hour] Finished skin deburring
  [February 8, 2006]: [2 Hours] Dimpled right elevator skin, riveted skeleton
  [February 9, 2006]: [1 Hour] Dimpled left elevator skin, deburred trim tab.
  [February 11, 2006]: [4 Hours] Bend elevator tabs, build left elevator skeleton, started riveting left elevator skin
  [February 16, 2006]: [2 Hours] Trimmed right counterweight, started assembly of right elevator
  [February 18, 2006]: [1 Hour] riveted servo bracket
  [February 22, 2006]: [2 Hours] Closed left elevator, mounted trim tab
  [February 24, 2006]: [1 Hour] Started rolling right elevator
  [February 26, 2006]: [1 Hour] More work on the right elevator leading edge
  [February 27, 2006]: [1 Hour] Mounted right elevator
  [April 6, 2007]: [2 Hours] Finished left elevator

Trim Tab [29 Hours]
  [February 3, 2006]: [4 Hours] Trim Tab work
  [February 8, 2006]: [1 Hour] Bent trailing edge
  [February 10, 2006]: [2 Hours] Bend trim tabs, made bending block for elevator
  [February 17, 2006]: [3 Hours] trim tab hinge - round 2, bend other tabs, riveted spar
  [February 20, 2006]: [3 Hours] trim tab work, riveted right elevator
  [February 23, 2006]: [1 Hour] Killed the trim first tab
  [March 5, 2006]: [5 Hours] Trim tab - part deaux
  [March 13, 2006]: [2 Hours] Finished trim tab #3
  [March 16, 2006]: [1 Hour] Trim tab #3 not so good
  [March 17, 2006]: Trim tab thoughts
  [March 10, 2007]: [1 Hour] Started the 4th skin
  [March 21, 2007]: [0.25 Hours] Bend skin; fixed spar
  [March 29, 2007]: [1 Hour] Drilled hinger, prepped for priming
  [March 31, 2007]: [1 Hour] Deburring and fabricated riblet
  [April 6, 2007]: [3 Hours] Almost finished trim tab
  [April 12, 2007]: [0.75 Hours] Finished trim tab


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