Fixing the HS-406

Adjusted the fabricated tips slightly and drilled them on. This clearly shows the original HS-406 being about 1/2 inch too short. The only thing missing now is that the dimension on the drawing is wrong and should be 10 1/2 inch instead of 11....

These tips probably will not do much structurally, but they certainly holds the tip of the HS better in place. When primed and riveted on, the whole thing looks better as well.

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.