SusieGetsRideInN868CM.jpg (34347 bytes)
Susie getting her first ride in a RV - Martin and Claudia Sutters N868CM (1996).

homepagemainlogo2.jpg (11466 bytes)      The Tail Kit of N617AR in Pictures.
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Started: Jan 4, 1997.  Finished: June 1998.

arrival.....1/2/97 As UPS employees say...it all starts with two boxes from UPS. 

 

THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER
hs.jpg (4466 bytes)
hs_spar1.jpg (11276 bytes) hs.jpg (7314 bytes). The horizontal stabilizer skeleton. hs_spar2.jpg (25879 bytes) HS_with_young_Audrey.jpg (33998 bytes) Hs_jig.jpg (11406 bytes) hs_cntr.jpg (6108 bytes) HS_skin_ready_to_rivet.jpg (17601 bytes) HS_doug_riveting.jpg (8344 bytes) mvc-826f.jpg (216296 bytes)

 

THE VERTICAL STABILIZER

vs.jpg (4413 bytes)

 VS_rear_spar.jpg (8224 bytes) vs_skel.jpg (29991 bytes) vsfinished.jpg (6133 bytes) RudderTrialFitToVS.jpg (6973 bytes) Rudder_in_driveway.jpg (5280 bytes) mvc-830f.jpg (194992 bytes)

 

THE ELEVATORS
elevator.jpg (4367 bytes)
ElevatorPreRivet.jpg (7064 bytes) ElevTipBalsaPlug.jpg (5678 bytes) elevator_skined.jpg (6836 bytes) ElevatorTrimServo.jpg (10080 bytes) ElevatorLeftWithTrimTab.jpg (7019 bytes)
I opted to install the electric trim.

 

THE RUDDER
rudder.jpg (4400 bytes)
Rudder_dimpling.jpg (5378 bytes) Rudder_stiffners.jpg (13921 bytes) Rudder_brake.jpg (18084 bytes) rudder_completed.jpg (5461 bytes) RudderFiberglassTip.jpg (5207 bytes)
In the first image here you can see the string used to hold the skin open while I dimpled it.  The trailing edge brake is two boards and some door hinges.

 

MISC.
HSNearlyFinishedOnBench.jpg (8307 bytes) HSNearlyFinished.jpg (11562 bytes) EmpennageOnCeiling.jpg (11031 bytes)

 

On to the wing...

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