Sunday, April 20, 2008

HS-406 fix

Made two HS-406 tips that will be riveted on to the original HS-406. The HS-406 is too small, about 1/2 inch (see earlier posts), so the flanges on the tip will be cut back, and the new tips will be rivited in place about 1/2 inch more fwd. It has (according to Van's) no structural consequence to leave the forward part of the rib unriveted, but it will not look good. Do to the fixtures in the jig, I have to take the skeleton out to have room for the tools to fasten the rib fixes.

Trimmed the skins according to plans.

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