Stabilizer assembly 22
Spackled the leading edge of the stabilizer with epoxy + microlight filler.
Trimmed the fiberglass at the edge of the masking tape (while the epoxy is still green). Warming th…
Sanded the LE fiberglass lamination of the anti-servo tab. Cut blanks for the stab tips from blue …
Sanded the foam LE on the anti-servo tab to the proper shape. Laminated the foam with 2x50g fibergl…
Trimmed and sanded the fiberglass lamination on the leading edge. Glued foam strips to the anti-s…
Glued the foam leading edge peaces to the stabilizer. Colored the epoxy first and used it as a varn…
Trimmed and sanded the extraneous plywood off the anti-servo tab's trailing edge and tips. Spe…
Cut out the anti-servo tab skin from the top skin. Trimmed with a knife, then sanded the overgangin…
Put a second coat of varnish on the interior skin surfaces. Made a paper template for marking the …
Installed the center hinge bracket on the auxiliary spar and the edge pivot brackets on the anti-se…
Glued the anti-servo tab ribs and spar to the top skin. The next morning sanded the ribs and the sp…
Marked and cut out the anti-servo tab skin from the top stabilizer skin. Marked locations of the st…
Touched up the ribs and auxiliary spar around the glue joints with the sanding bar. Marked and tri…
Marked and sanded the correct bevel and thickness on the trailing edge stick. Used a plywood rib fr…
Sanded the skin scarf joints to remove the epoxy and bumps. Trimmed one side of one skin to prepare…
The factory supplied 3 plywood (0.8mm) pieces of about 155x51cm for the stabilizer skins. So each s…
Sanded the front ribs to contour, mostly near the leading edge spar. Dry fit all rear ribs to the …
Made a plywood template for checking the bevel angle of the spar caps. Used various means - hand pl…
Cut the plywood strips for the front spar (1mm ply). Prepared the spar caps (8x8mm spruce). Beveled…
Peeled the peel-ply off the main spar. Marked locations of the nose ribs on the spar. Trimmed the e…