1 hr today (lots of home stuff to catch up on...). trying out the vertical stabilizer fit, installing the gusset and more rudder cable box work.

Took down the vertical stabilizer to see how it's going to fit in the rear fuselage...  Hmmm...  Can't push it in from the rear because there's a taper.   The piece on the right is the VS and you see it won't just slide in.

So, I tried pushing it in from the top...  But, there's another taper that prevents that...  You can see it's pushing out the skins as I try to push it down.  Short of de-riveting the nearby skin rivets there's no way it's going in.  Anybody try this?

On to less frustrating activities..  I installed the gusset that had been missing.

Got the rudder cables out.

Here's a video of how to install rivnuts.

All the rivnuts installed in the rudder cable box.

Bottom view so you can see how much to squeeze the rivnuts.

NEXT TASKS:

1. Rudder cable install.
2. Rivet the one on the left wing's step rib that needs special handling.?? (to be done in "spare" time).