RV-9A: Horizontal Stabilizer - 9/21/2005
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Dimpled the ribs on the Left Horizontal Stabilizer I marked holes that don''t get dimpled the inner most ribs where the empennage fairing is attached. As before, I used a 3/32 small diameter female dimple die on the dimples, since the standard female dimple tends to bend the flange out when making the dimple.
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Countersinked the main spars This was quite tedious, especially for highly anal people such as myself. I checked each countersink with a flat head rivet to make that it sat in the hole, flush with the top of the spar flange. The Micro-Stop Countersink made it easier, but I still had to be carefull not to go too deep.
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Started dimpling the Left HS skin Opting for the Pop-rivet dimplers, rather than beating the crap of the sheet with the C-Frame dimpler, I started working on dimpling the skin. Yeah, I know it takes a long time to do it this way, but what the hell, I'm certainly not in a hurry. These rivets are going to look great when I put them.
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