Dan cut out a CAD print of the skin on the vertcal stab
The rivet locations lined up very well with the spars. The paper skin helped align the shape on the frame.
Picking Up Aluminum
Dan & I studied the aluminum material list from Sonex and rounded it up. We put an order in with Erickson Metals of Minnesota. Great company, they are a distributor for manufacturers and sheet metal shops. We tried to keep the metal sizes to full, half or quarter sheets of the 8′ x 12′ stock size to minimize the number of cuts. We got all the sheet, angle, and bar stock.
Here is a picture of the tailor (we borrowed) all loaded up:
Pretty exciting step since we just put some realy money into this project. Here we go…