Title: On to the right side HS
With the left side parts finally primed, time to start the process over again for the right side components. Parts labeled and edges prepped and deburred. Much to my surprise, I had forgotten that I had already prepped all of the ribs, including the right side ribs last month. So all I needed to do was to clean up the edges of the two spars sections which was done fairly quickly on the Scotch-brite wheel. With that done, it was time to mock up the right side HS frame and match drill the ribs to the spars. Having done this already on the left side made this go pretty quick. Some of the steps I had already completed which was a nice time saver. With the right side skeleton mocked up it was time to do the first fitting of the right side skin. This one put up more of a fight than the left side and I had some difficulty getting the HS-707 nose rib in place and cleco'd in place. It put up a good fight and I bent the nose of that rib pretty good. I'll take a closer look at it when I pull it back apart. I think it's fine but if not it's easy enough to get a new one. With the main skeleton covered with the skin, I left my OCD on the sideline this time and only cleco'd every other hole for the most part except in the middle rib section where it needed to be in each hole. Last thing for the night was to add the two front spar stiffeners, HS-810 and 814 as well as the HS-00003 spar doubler. With those added in place it was time to test fit the two most inboard ribs, HS-00005 and HS-00006. My initial thoughts are that these might be a bit tougher to place and drill than the left side. I'm getting the impression that the right side may not come together as easily as the left. We'll see in the coming days and weeks. Next steps are to match drill all the skin to skeleton holes and to place and drill all the holes in the inboard ribs using the skin holes as a guide. Winter has finally broke in these parts so I'm looking forward to working with the garage door open once again in the coming weeks.


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