March 29, 2016 – I continued back-drilling the skins to the structure.
After the skins were back-drilled, I removed them, and got ready to prep and paint everything.
I needed to drill the hole for the elevator trim. I’m using electric trim, but I wanted to have the hole available for wiring. I marked the location of the hole, and drilled it to 5/8″.
After everything was deburred, dimpled, prepped and primed, I started the assembly.
Now it’s ready for installation of the skins. I need to stop for a couple of days, though. Last week we had a pretty healthy hailstorm. I ended up buying a new car. The problem is we have more storms forecast for this week, so we wanted to try to see if we could fit the car in the garage with the wings and the fuselage. So we took down my work table and moved everything over. The car does fit with about 6″ to spare on each side. So I’m going to wait until later this week to keep going with the stab.
Time: 5:40
