{"id":623,"date":"2013-02-07T20:24:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonex1597.com\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2024-04-08T19:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T23:57:58","slug":"vertical-tail-assenbly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sonex1597.com\/?page_id=623","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Tail Assembly: Feb ’13 – Apr ’13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb 7th<\/strong> – First order of business was to get the completed Horizontal Tail out of the way so I hung it on the wall. Easy enough, but it highlights how storage of this beast is going to become an issue as construction progresses.<\/p>\n

\"1-IMG_0694\"<\/a>The first step for the Vertical Tail was to prepare the Rudder Drive Horn, the basis of which is a 3\/16″ piece of Aluminum sheet.This needs to be bent a slight amount and gave me the chance to use my Arbor Press for the first time. The blank needs to be bent up 5.2 degrees along a line with a 1\/2″ bend radius. To achieve this I taped a 1″ bolt along the line, then cut an angle out of a piece of 2 x 4, lined it all up and pressed it in the Arbor Press.<\/p>\n\n\t\t