Empennage Builders Log
Started	Finished	Hours
5/21/2004		133.5
Construction Log
Part	Date	Hours	Log
NA	5/21/04	1.5	Inventoried Parts
Horizontal Stabilizer	5/21/04	5	Fabricated HS-908 L&R Brackets. Assembled & Drilled all ribs, spars. Deburred Ribs.
	5/22/04	4	Assembled & Drilled Left HS. Assembled Right HS.
	5/23/04	3.25	Drilled Right HS. Deburred, Countersunk Ribs
	5/24/04	3.75	Fabricated C-Frame Table. Dimpled HS Skins
	5/25/04	1.75	Countersunk Front & Rear Spars
	5/26/04	2.25	Countersunk Spar Doublers. Prepped Parts for Priming.
	5/27/04	0.5	Primed Spars, Doublers, and Left HS Ribs.
	5/28/04	2.5	Primed Right HS Ribs. Riveted Spars, drilled out a bunch of bad rivets. Modified my technique, and things worked much better.
	5/30/04	2	Riveted HS-912's and Left HS Nose Ribs.
	5/31/04	6.5	Riveted Left HS Main Ribs and Spar & Right HS Main Ribs, Spar, and Nose Ribs. Clecoed Rear Spar.
	6/1/04	2	Riveted Right & Left Bottom Spar, Left Top Spar, Pop Riveted Spar to Ribs.
	6/2/04	0.25	Finished Riveting of Horizontal Stab!
Horizontal Stabilizer		33.75
Vertical Stabilizer	6/2/04	1.75	Clecoed Spar, Doublers, and Brackets. Deburred Ribs. Fluted and Straightened Ribs. Assembled Ribs, Front/Rear Spars, and Skin
	6/4/04	3.75	Drilled all #30 and #40 Holes. Deburred Ribs/Spars. Dimpled Ribs/Spars. Countersunk Spar Doublers.
	6/5/04	3.25	Deburred & Dimpled VS Skin. Prepped & Cleaned Ribs & Spars.
	6/6/04	5	Primed Parts. Riveted VS Together.
Vertical Stabilizer		13.75
Rudder	6/7/04	2	Trimmed Rudder Stiffeners. Drilled Stiffeners&Skins.
	6/8/04	1.25	Trimmed & Rounded Edges & Deburred & Dimpled Rudder Stiffeners.
	6/9/04	1.5	Deburred Rudder Stiffener Edges. Deburred Skins. Dimpled Rt Skin.
	6/10/04	3.5	Dimpled Lt Skin. Riveted Stiffeners to Skins. Fab'd Shim, Drilled Rudder Hors, Bottom and Top Ribs, and Reinforcement Plates.
	6/11/04	1.5	Drilled Counterbalance Ribs, Skins, Rudder Horn. Fab'd and Drilled Attachment Strips.
	6/13/04	3.75	Disassembled Rudder. Deburred & Dimpled Skins. Deburred and dimpled spars and other parts.
	6/14/04	1.5	Countersunk Counterweight, Trailing Edge Wedge, and Last holes on ribs.
	6/15/04	1.5	Prepped and Primed Parts
	6/16/04	2.75	Riveted Plate nuts & Reinforcement Plates to Spar. Riveted Counterbalance Rib to spar. Attached Counterweight. Clecoed Skins to spar.
	6/17/04	1.5	Riveted Skins to Spars & Ribs.
	6/18/04	5.5	Finished Riveting Skins to Rudder.
	2/27/05	1	Messed up cutting R-911 Rudder bottom to fit around rudder horn. Assumed (incorrectly) that the marks in the rudder bottom were cutting marks.
Rudder		27.25
Elevators/Trim Tab	6/18/04	0.75	Cut Stiffeners
	6/19/04	9.5	Deburred Stiffener edges. Clecoed Stiffeners to Skins, and drilled out holes. Deburred Skin and Stiffeners. Removed Blue Vynal from Skins. Dimpled Lt and Rt Skins. Assembeled, Drilled, Deburred, and Dimpled Counterbalance Arms. Match Drilled Rt Spar Reinforcement Plates. Drilled, Deburred, Dimpled, Rivited Right End rib to Spar. Clecoed Spar to Bottom Skin.
	6/20/04	3.5	Drilled, Deburred, Dimpled Rt Control Horn, Skin, Spar, and Ribs.
	6/21/04	2	Cleaned, and Primed Parts. Rivited Spar Reinforcement Plates, Nutplates, and Elevator Control Horn to Spar/Rib.
	6/22/04	1.75	Rivited Counterbalance and Stiffeners to Upper Skin.
	6/23/04	1.5	Rivited Upper Skin to Spar. Rivited Stiffeners to lower Skin.
	6/24/04	1.25	Rivited Lower Skin to Spar and Ribs.
	6/25/04	2.5	Drilled Trailing Edge. Dimpled Skin and Machine C-sunk AEX Wedge.
	6/26/04	4.75	Epoxied Trailing Edge of Skin to AEX Wedge. Rivited Rt Elevator Trailing Edge. Match Drilled Spars and Ribs to Left Elevator Skin. Fabricated E921 Elevator Gusset.
	6/27/04	5.75	Match Drilled Spars and Ribs to Left Skin. Drilled Elevator Control Horn Holes. Dimpled all parts and Left Skin. Countersunk upper trim spar. Prepped and primed parts.
	6/28/04	2.5	Rivited reinforcement plates and nutplates and control horn to left spar. Rivited Top of spar to skin. Rivited counterbalance assembly.Rivited top and bottom skin stiffeners and access plate.
	6/29/04	1.75	Rivited spar to bottom skin, and root/tip ribs. Rivited bottom of trim spar to skin. Drilled, deburred, dimpled, machine c-sunk and first step rivited trailing edge.
	6/30/04	1	Finished Left Elevator
	6/30/04	0.75	Masked around foam, scuffed skin. Trimmed E-917,918 for Manual Trim.
	7/1/04	0.5	Cut Foam Ribs and V Blocks.
	7/4/04	3.5	Bent Trailing Edge and Edges of Skin. Drilled, Deburred, Dimpled, C-Sunk Skin and Spar. Rivited Lower Spar to Skin. Adhered Ribs to Skin. Rivited top skin to spar.
	8/16/04	1.5	Drilled, Deburred, Rivited Trim Tab to Elevator. Drilled Control Horn holes to 0.25. Filed Trailing edged of elevators to 1/32nd. Measured Left Elevator Counterweights for cutting.
	8/17/04	0.5	Cut left counterweights. Filed Inboard counterweight to fit. Bolted counterweights to elevator.
Elevators		45.25
Empennage Tips	5/27/05	7	Cut, drilled, c-sunk all empennage tips except bottom rudder tip. Deburred/dimpled empennage. Fab'd and installed caps for HS tips. Riveted tips to empennage.
	5/28/05	2.25	Fab'd and installed VS Cap. Riveted VS Tip. Trimmed and drilled lower rudder tip to rudder.
	5/29/05	2.75	Drilled hole for tail light/strobe in lower rudder tip. Drilled holes for #6 platenuts and deburred/dimpled. Riveted platenuts to rudder. Trimmed rudder tip for light and test installed. Brole tail light lens. Installed tip.
Empennage Tips		12