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| Page 06.06 Vertical Stabilizer |
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| Step 1: Cleco the VS-101
Vertical stab skin to the skeleton. Use plenty of clecos to keep the
parts aligned while riveting. Figure 1 provides rivet sizes for the
vertical stab skin. 07/20/08 |
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| Step 2: Remove the
VS-1005 Bottom Nose Rib to gain access to the VS-1013 Middle Nose Rib.
Rivet the skin to the middle nose rib starting at the VS-1002 Front Spar
and moving forward on both sides. 07/20/08 |
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| Step 3: Rivet the
VS-1006 Top Rib to the skin forward of the front spar only. 07/20/08 |
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| Step 4: Cleco the bottom nose rib back in place and rivet it to the skin only, not the front spar. Do not install rivets into the holes which will be used to attach the empennage fairing. | ||||||||||||||
| Step 5: Rivet the skin to the front spar on both sides. The portion of the spar below the VS-1007 Middle Inspar Rib can be reached by removing the VS-1004 Bottom Inspar Rib. Make sure to capture the holes in the tabs of the middle inspar rib which are common to the front spar flanges. Since the bottom inspar rib is removed, do not rivet the bottom hole in the front spar flange. Access to the upper portion of the spar requires removing some of the clecos in the skin along the top rib and rear spar. Remove as few as possible to insure that the parts remain aligned and only uncleco one side at a time. | ||||||||||||||
| Step 6: Replace any clecos previously removed for access, then river the skin to the middle inspar rib and to the remainder of the top rib. | ||||||||||||||
| Step 7: Cleco the bottom inspar rib in place. Rivet the spar flanges of the bottom ribs to the spars using the rivets called out on Page 6-5, Figure 3. With the exception of the empennage fairing screw holes, rivet the skin to the bottom inspar rib | ||||||||||||||
| Step 8: Rivet the skin to the rear spar leaving the bottom hole open for the empennage fairing | ||||||||||||||
| Step 9:
Finish riveting the VS-1014-L and -R
Rear Spar Caps to the rear spar, below
the skin, with AN470AD3-4 rivets. Finished Vertical Stabilizer..07/27/08
NOTE: The VS-1009 Vertical Stabilizer Tip Fairing is installed, along with the other empennage tip fairings, in section 12. |
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Note: This is my builders log and is not Intended to replace Vans Construction drawings |
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