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Saturday, October 11, 2014

3.5 hrs working on the vertical stabilizer.

Got my new angle drill attachment kit yesterday!  Very exciting! :-)  Got it for about $70 on Amazon.

The rudder strobe light wire will go through here.  Turns out it's not easy to put grommet edging in!

Smaller grommets installed in the VS.  Note that the bottom-most one is in the center not near the mounting channel like shown in the instructions.  Peter Calley's blog indicates that that is how it's done at the factory (because that's where the connections are under the VS) and that the instructions are wrong.  All the holes are drilled out to 3/8".

Some of the holes will not be riveted at this point, so I've marked those with a tic mark.  8 holes in this photo.

4 holes in this photo are tic marked because I should not rivet them now.

A couple here on each side that won't be riveted at this time (even after the skin is on).

Test fit of the VS skin.  It fits!

Another view of the test fit.  The top rib needs to be worked on to install the VOR antenna.  A bit of fab work will be required.

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