{"id":399,"date":"2021-03-04T22:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T06:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?p=399"},"modified":"2021-03-04T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T06:49:56","slug":"horizontal-stabilizer-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/2021\/03\/04\/horizontal-stabilizer-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizontal Stabilizer\u2013DONE!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0336-1600x900.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0336-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0336-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0336-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0336-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0336-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption>Finally finished!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations! You&#8217;ve finished the first major sub-assembly on your new airplane.&#8221;  Yep, feels good! Right there in the instruction manual, section 6, rev4, page 6-4, was this simple sentence that brought us our first &#8220;RV grin&#8221;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we&#8217;re at around 60 hours so far, and we&#8217;ve finally finished riveting the horizontal stabilizer. No rest for the weary tho, we moved right into starting on the vertical stabilizer, which should be a bit quicker (so far it has been). In fact, after a scant 6 hours of work it&#8217;s time to prime the pieces. Given, it&#8217;s not as large as the horizontal stab, but I think we&#8217;re becoming faster at the tasks: prep, match drill, deburr, dimple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few photos from the work on the horizontal stab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0196-1600x900.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"401\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=401\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0196-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0196-300x169.jpeg 300w, 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https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0203-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0203-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0203-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0327-675x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"408\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=408\" class=\"wp-image-408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0327-675x1200.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0327-169x300.jpeg 169w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0202-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0202-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0202-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0202-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0202-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting to this landmark didn&#8217;t come without a couple issues. Driving the rivets nearest the leading edge was very tricky, and I didn&#8217;t use the right bucking bar, or maybe nerves got the better of me, and I left the rivet lifted a bit above the skin. I decided I wanted to remove one and re-do it, however by the time I decided this, the stab was mostly riveted closed. So, I had to remove a rib to get my arm in far enough to buck a replacement rivet. When I drilled out the rib, I inadvertently made a new hole!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-675x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-675x1200.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0192-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption>Oops!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We decided to stop and get in touch with Van&#8217;s about what we should do. They told us that, since it&#8217;s not a critical juncture, we could go ahead and just re-rivet it, as long as the rivet wasn&#8217;t loose when we were done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second conundrum involved the final skin-to-spar riveting. Somehow the holes in the skin would not align with the spar holes. They were off by about 1mm, leaving any rivets I tried to place sit at an angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0269-1600x900.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0269-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0269-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0269-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0269-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0269-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0270-1600x900.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0270-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0270-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0270-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0270-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/IMG_0270-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption>Holes won&#8217;t align!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Van&#8217;s recommended using what looks like a marlinspike to &#8220;persuade&#8221; the two surfaces to align. I had a 3\/32&#8243; drive pin punch available, which did the same thing. Placing the pin into a hole, I tilted it over until the dimples for both holes &#8220;caught&#8221; and stayed aligned. Doing this about every 10 holes and the whole skin jumped into alignment. I could then place rivets into the holes and set them with the pneumatic press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Build on!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Congratulations! You&#8217;ve finished the first major sub-assembly on your new airplane.&#8221; Yep, feels good! Right there in the instruction manual, section 6, rev4, page 6-4, was this simple sentence that brought us our first &#8220;RV grin&#8221;! So we&#8217;re at around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/2021\/03\/04\/horizontal-stabilizer-done\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empennage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}