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Horizontal Stab Fairings

Posted on July 11, 2013October 26, 2013 by Jared Yates

Tabitha and Felicia came out to help today. We installed the new tubing in the sight gauges and reinstalled them. We deburred the previously-made wing root fairing for the right wing.

Making Fairings
Making Fairings

Making Noises
Making Noises

The girls went home for supper while I stayed to make the root fairings for the horizontal stabilizer. They attach to the inboard rib of the stabilizer, which is a very narrow spot to hit with the drill bit. I found that the best way to get the holes lined up was to drill the stab first, then use the strap duplicator to drill the aluminum. I worked for a while on the skylight aluminum strips, only to discover that my plan up until now is not going to work. I was planning to use thin aluminum pieces to hold down the polycarbonate, but the holes aren’t frequent enough for that.

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