Mon 09 January 2006 |
| Continuing with the HS I drilled and marked up the tips, | 
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| and trimmed the excess material. | 
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| Dad spent most of the day working on the empennage fairing and covers. Lots of reading and marking up ready for drilling out of locations / trimming. | 
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| We also mounted the elevators and rudder control surfaces. | 
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| One area that Dad notices was the 'excess' material on the vertical bars that the rear HS spar attaches to. No trimming completed at this point, but a good candidate to reduce aft weight and help fairings fit. | 
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| I spent most of the afternoon sorting the VOR antenna mounting, after various options I decided to try a single U shaped ledge. After some careful measuring and designing I ended up fabricating a shelf from a piece of .032 sheet. | 
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| This is the result. The clearance is about 1/4" to the counter balance and well clear of the skin. | 
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| To finish the evening, I completed the riveting of the side skirts. | 
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