The workshop will be a work in progress. There are many decisions to be made regarding setting up the shop, that I could spend to much time agonizing over this. I've read on some RV sites that as you build, you'll make changes, additions, deletions to your shop. SO... on to some real work.
I began by setting up the Blueprints and build binder in the shop. The Horizontal Stabalizer was delivered to me almost complete, but the Rear Spar was only Cleco'd in, not riveted. This was so that new owner (me) could inpect the work. I actually started at the beginning and verified the work was done (it was done well), but to also familiarize myself with the construction process. The Empenage is where you are supposed to learn the basics of metal plane construction, so I wanted to understand what was done and how it was done.
Surprisingly, this took some time. The Build Binder example refers to Diagram EE, part HS-7XX to HS-405... You need to find these parts on the Blue Prints, then locate them on the HS (horizontal stabalizer), and try to understand the relationship between the parts, and why there where they are... I'm probably trying to hard, but I just gotta know!!!
I began by setting up the Blueprints and build binder in the shop. The Horizontal Stabalizer was delivered to me almost complete, but the Rear Spar was only Cleco'd in, not riveted. This was so that new owner (me) could inpect the work. I actually started at the beginning and verified the work was done (it was done well), but to also familiarize myself with the construction process. The Empenage is where you are supposed to learn the basics of metal plane construction, so I wanted to understand what was done and how it was done.
Surprisingly, this took some time. The Build Binder example refers to Diagram EE, part HS-7XX to HS-405... You need to find these parts on the Blue Prints, then locate them on the HS (horizontal stabalizer), and try to understand the relationship between the parts, and why there where they are... I'm probably trying to hard, but I just gotta know!!!
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