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Builder Name:Jeremy Leonard   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-7A   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:1074
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Start/Last Date:Mar 17, 2021 - No Finish Date
Engine:Lycoming IO360M1B
Propeller:Sensenich 3 Blade Composite Ground Adjustable/Fixed pitch
Panel:Garmin G3XTOUCH/GNX375/G5/GTR200/GFC507
 
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May 24, 2021     Finished the horizontal stabilizer!!! - (8 hours)       Category: Empennage
Today finished the horizontal. At this point I have become very comfortable bucking rivets and feel very confident in doing so. With only a couple drill outs needed, this came together pretty quickly. Whew what a lot of rivets. Before I learned a little trick(you'll see later on),you can see I scuffed the living sh!t out of the front spar. Should be ok, no real gouges, just ugly. In the same picture you can see the shop heads on the front spar rivets, not shabby. FINISHED! I was surprised at how heavy and sturdy this thing felt, great design. **One side note that I found helpful, I went off from the plans here and left the center rib out, I believe it was 708 while riveting the skin to the front spar. It gave me mounds more space to work with, worked great for me but YMMV.


 


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