Riveted front spar

Riveted the front spar on the HS. Started on the ribs.

Aft spar finished

Primed the spars

Deburred and primed the spars. I have to ventilate the house due to the fumes, but when the outside temp is -20 C it gets rather cold :-)

I also replaced the LCD screen on Olaugs Asus EEE after it had rough landing on the floor. Makes me wonder, that LCD screen is tiny. Hooked up to a NI Compact RIO or some other compact embedded system. Or an industrial touch screen and embedded NI logging system.

Front and aft spar HS ready for deburring

Both spars are ready for deburring and priming. I had one pair of hinge brackets without rivet holes, and installed those because the original ones were a bit off.

Aft spar HS

Drilled the aft spar. Due to using the old HS-409, the hinge brackets need to be positioned at the same time.

Aft HS spar

Dismantled the old HS skeleton and started with the new using the old 409

New parts arrived

New parts arrived less than a week after ordering. I am reusing the HS-409 and possibly the 410 along with the main elevator bearing.

It is incredible how much damage the bucking bar has done to the parts primed with the wash primer. Large scars into the alclad. Probably a good (and only?) reason for using epoxy primer on the internals.

New skeleton

Parts for new HS skeleton is ordered.

HS skins rough trim

Started trimming and fitting the HS skins, third try :-)

Adjusted HS skeleton

Adjusted the HS skeleton in the jig. Started positioning the skin.