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Vertical Stabilizer

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Friday, 1/20/2023

· Tom Himel arrived Friday evening

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Saturday, 1/21/2023

· Practice day

Tom dimpling a piece of practice aluminum.

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Sunday, 1/22/2023

· Practice day

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Monday, 1/23/2023

· Build start

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Tuesday, 1/24/2023

Tom with the vertical stabilizer skeleton.

Me after we put the skin on the vertical stabilizer skeleton.

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Wednesday, 1/25/2023

The vertical stabilizer parts before cleaning and priming. We used a 2-step clean before priming:

1. Super Clean with Scotch Brite sponge scrub.

2. EkoEtch (3:1) with a maroon Scotch Brite pad scrub. About 3-5 minutes.

See the Primer Experiment for more information.

Me spraying primer on the vertical stabilizer parts. The primer was Stewart Systems EkoPrime. See the Primer Experiment for more information.

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Thursday, 1/26/2023

Tom riveting the vertical stabilizer skeleton.

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Friday, 1/27/2023

Tom holding the finished vertical stabilizer.

Me holding the finished vertical stabilizer.

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Saturday, 1/28/2024

· Tom left early Saturday morning

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Sunday, 1/29/2023

· Rick Prinzing (certified A&P) came by and inspected the vertical stabilizer. He said that it looked like a professional job and that everything looked OK.

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