Monday, July 19, 2010

Vertical Stabilizer completed... and flight tested

I kid you not, see by yourself:

Only French pilots will fully understand that this is a real flight test as they call the stick "Manche a Balai" or Broom Stick.
It took about two weeks to get there, thanks to help from Anne and advice from two fellows from EAA chapter 1114: Dwight Frye and Noel Fallwell.
Here are a few pictures of the steps it took to get there:
First sub assembly and first solid rivets:


The skeleton of the VS:


The Clecoed VS:

And the final product with a couple hundred pulled rivets:


4 comments:

  1. Hi J-P,

    Good job. If that's the way you fly, I'm your ready to fly with you (I'll bring a dustpan).

    Randy

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  2. Salut Jean Pierre !

    Beau travail! Il faut que je te rende visite dans ton atelier un de ces jours.

    Marc GILLET
    PS: Je suis maintenant Private Pilot (depuis dimanche)

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