After yesterday's buffoonery with the vertical stabilizer spar attachment, I recovered nicely by riveting the attach tab and spacer to the FRONT side of the spar, where it's supposed to be. Then I did a few small jobs in preparation for attaching the VS: -- Ran a pull-string down though the conduit in the leading edge of the VS, then pulled the video camera wire up through it. -- Cut a notch in the plastic wire conduit so the wire will bend the corner at the bottom edge of the VS. -- Filed a small notch in the left edge of the VS aft spar so the tail wire grommet would clear it. -- Squeezed the three rivets that attach the elevator "up" stop to the aft deck. -- Touched up a few paint scuffs here and there, Finally, I attached the vertical stabilizer and began torquing the 10 nuts that hold it on. (If your RV-8 only has nine bolts, don't worry. I added an additional one at the bottom of the rear spar of the VS.)