Empennage kit arrives
The Empennage kit was delivered by Fedex at 2:22PM this afternoon. After getting home from work, we began doing inventory. Everything was there and in good condition. I’ll repeat the same comment that many others have had; I’m very impressed at how Vans packages all of that stuff. It is amazing that they got all that in those two boxes. Other comments: Wow, the rudder skins and trim tab skin (.016″ thick) could be damaged so easy. We handled them with more care than a raw egg. Most of the skins were stored on shelves in a spare bedroom that we have designated for aircraft parts storage.
Before removing the wood cutting blade from the band saw and gearing it down for a metal cutting blade, I thought it best to go ahead and cut out the horizontal stabilizer jig. I found the first piece of aluminum angle to be fabricated into brackets which I’ll do tomorrow. Tanya did some rivet organization. We were looking at the (small) size of some of those AN426AD3-3 rivets in amazement.
