Vertical Stabilizer Prep. – 6 hrs

22 Oct 2003 Vertical Stabilizer Prep. – 6 hrs

The vertical stabiizer is very similar to the horizontal stabilizer, only much simpler.

20031103214336334_1_original

Essentially it is a lot of clecoing, drilling, deburring, dimpling, and scuffing. After all that is done, then the parts can get primed.

20031103214336334_2_original

You can see above that I have only clecoed the parts together, and I have not yet even removed the blue plastic coating that comes on some of the parts. Leaving on the blue plastic reduces scratches, and helps pull of bits of scrap from the drilling process. This makes deburring a bit faster.

20031103214336334_3_original

Dimpling is pretty easy, but gets your hands sore if you do it too much – like I’m doing here!

20031103214336334_4_original

Here are all the parts, ready to be primed. Not much, huh?

No Comments

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.