Attached vertical stabilizer tip

I final drilled all the holes to #30, dimpled them, machine countersunk the holes in the fiberglass, and blind riveted the tip to the VS. I detached the rudder from the VS and put the VS aside. Won’t be needing it again for a long time.

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I marked the rudder bottom fairing and cut the hole for the tail light with the Dremel tool.

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Used the sanding drum on the Dremel to finish up the hole.

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I primed the outside of the doubler with SEM rattle can primer.

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I mixed up some flox and used it to adhere the doubler to the rudder fairing.

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I blind riveted it in place. I’ll clean it up with sand paper once it has cured.

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Today’s Time (hours): 1.5
Empennage Time (hours): 211.0
Total Time (hours): 211.0

 

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