Title: Build the vertical stabilizer skeleton and set up the VOR
Got the spars and the ribs put together and riveted and spent a lot of time figuring out the VOR antenna. I decided to do a "screw in" antenna so I can work around the skin easier and also so I can take them out to make storage easier. I'm not sure that was the best idea, but it is where I am. I was able to cut a hole in the skin rather than cutting a chunk out, meaning that there is skin all the way around the antenna hole. That's a good thing. The antenna screws in, and then there are set screws to hold it in place. There is no way for me to get at the set screws, so I will probably end up with a little Locktite holding it in. It is pretty tight in the gromet, too, so I don't think there will be a problem. Other than the antenna, I just needed to run the two wires (one for the strobe/position light, one for the VOR). Just a note for later, the VOR antenna has an integrated balun, so I won't need a separate one. The directions called out one set of rivets as part 999, which is actually a 3.2mm countersunk rivet in other parts of the build manual, and these are 4mm holes. I decided that they probably mean the same 4mm x 10mm rivets as the rest of the skeleton uses, and it worked out OK.


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