Today was pretty boring. All I did was trim the aft end of right elevator’s stiffeners and prime the two spar reinforcement plates.
Here's half of my right elevator stiffeners.
Of course, I finished deburring, edge finishing, and cleaning the two right elevator spar reinforcements. I even got the girlfriend involved. She took the parts inside and scrubbed them down with dawn. Now it really is “our” airplane.
Two spar reinforcements, primed on one side.
While that one side was drying, I finished up with the stiffener trimming. Here’s a shot of my weapon of choice.
Stiffeners and snips.
After I finished my first 7 stiffeners, I laid them into the skin, just for kicks.
Stiffener work is boring, but it means that there is backriveting coming soon, and I love backriveting.
Drink of choice tonight (only during piddly stuff, never during “real” construction): Rum and Coke. Mmm. Rum.
Rum. Coke. Stiffeners. Sharpie. And a damn dirty workbench. (Those splotches are ski-wax drippings.)
Anyway, I think it was an hour tonight, including the 5 minutes of double duty with the girlfriend’s help. I’m gonna get her to help more.
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