Vert Stab

I finished the vert stab today. The girls and I riveted the skin onto the skeleton. The had fun picking up all the little rivets out of the container. The vert stab is constructed the same way as the horz stab except that the upright angle on the jib is moved over to clamp the end of the stab spar to the upright. It was directly in the middle of the jig on the horz stab. The vert stab is not the long. I have been using a tungsten bucking bar for the vert stab and it works great. It's small and heavier than the steel bars I have been using. I can take down the jig now and get the garage ready for the rudder and elevator jigs. I will start on the rudder next. It has all of the good stuff like strobe lights and tail lights on it. The last plane I pop riveted the bottom fairing onto the rudder. This one I will use #4 screws with nutplates so I can removed the fairing to access the lights.