Dan assembled the turtle deck to check the fit. Looks Great! Check out those rib rivet hole lines.
Turtle Deck Ribs Finshed
Dan finished up the turtle deck ribs. Some of the flutes are hard to get right. They need to be in the right location to avoid the rivets yet deep enough to make the part flat and the flange at the right angle. The smallest rib, F20-04, was tricky. We have the large red fluting pliers and the smaller style. I want to ask our Tech Councilor about this the next time he stops by.
Dan broke out the “Big Bend” brake for all the fuselage parts.
Hardware From Spruce
We have been working on a long list of hardware for the Sonex. We had ordered the tail hardware when we built it but decided to order almost all the rest all at once. We started with a list on the Yahoo Sonextalk fourm and double checked with the lists from Sonex. We padded the bolts by adding a few extra and getting a some of the lengths around the specified ones.
I found that Aircraft Spruce had the lowest prices by a little bit. A couple items were cheaper at Wicks. We made a big order and was disappointed to not get the “free shipping for more orders than $500” because it weighed more than 25lbs, bummer.
Here is the box that arrived with the tube behind it for the longer parts
We check the order and it was spot on with the packing list, with a couple items back ordered. Now where to store all this stuff.
Return Build Log
Complete Empennage Picture
Finally a complete empennage picture. We have had the parts done for a while and Dan took this great picture.
This was a great milestone to see.
Spar angle parts
test document
Completed Horiz Stab
August 6, 2011 The horizontal stabilizer is hung on the wall
Looks beautiful to me.
