The replacement parts arrived Friday afternoon. I unpacked, inventoried and began work Saturday. Before I knew it six hours had passed and the VS (part deux) was well underway. Another three hours today and we have a completed skeleton.
This time I went ahead and mounted the upper rudder hinge bracket prior to skinning the assembly. I had to make some minor adjustments to the mounting holes in order to get he bolt holes to line up on the rear spar and the brackets. for the life of me I can not figure out why Vans has this step after the entire assembly is buttoned up rather than earlier when a problem could be addressed much easier.
I will skin the assembly this week and be back where I was a month ago. I'm guessing this will not be an isolated incident of 2 steps forward and one step back. Building an airplane is a marathon not a sprint. A fellow builder gave me a good piece of advice in the form of a question. How do you eat an elephant? .....one bite at a time.
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