Construction has begun. Tonight I started with the horizontal stabilizer (HS) rear spar, which just happens to be step one of the construction manual.
They say that everything takes longer than you think it will, and I can see that is going to be very true. I spent six hours in the shop tonight and only managed to get through the inventory on the empennage kit and the shaping\fitting of the rear spar reinforcing bars (HS-609PP) into the rear spar channels (HS-603PP).
The instructions say to use a vixen file on the reinforcing bars if they interfere with the inside radius of the spar channel. You need to be real careful with those vixen files. They'll remove a lot of material in short order. I probably removed more from the edges of the reinforcing bars than was necessary to clear the sides of the spar channel, but they look good. Lastly, I rounded the ends of the reinforcing bars. Looking forward to getting back into the shop.
I took some photos while I was working, but apparently I don't know how to use a camera. They are all out of focus and therefore not worthy of posting.
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