12-28-2009 (4.0) Scott Vanderveen has stopped by and inspected the project and gave me the go ahead with only minor repairs. We cleaned up the surfaces and removed the three formers and set it up on sawhorse and wood blocks.
12-30-09 (4.0) Scott was here again. We started to lay up the skins and spar for the horizontal stabilizer. Leveled the plane. Attached the upright for the rudder/vertical stabilizer.
1-30-10 & 1-31-10 (3.0) Lay up and cut out the new HS spar and attach the two halves. 2 bid one one side and let cure.
2-01-10 (.5) Flip HS spar over. Scuff and prep, apply 2 bid and let cure.
4-15-10 & 4-16-10 (17) Scott from pro-composites was here again. After I picked him up from Sun-N-Fun we returned to Largo to work on the project.
Here is what we started with. 
Prepped ribs and spar with 80 grit sand paper.
Attached the rib supports. 
Bottom edge of rib was cored and filled with micro paste.
A fillet was made from micro paste and BID fiberglass was applied. To speed up curing heat was carefully applied and checked. The ribs were all cured in about an hour.
Sanding began on the intermediate ribs to match the outer reference ribs Proper alignment was maintained along the span of the sanding board as I got closer the the reference ribs. All ribs match the respective profile.
The top of the intermediate ribs were trimmed to allow for placement of the leading edge foam.
Skins were cut to size and the perimeter of the skins were prepared by sanding with 40 grit sandpaper.
The leading edge foam was cut a bonded in with 5 min epoxy and micro then sanded to match. All skins cut to size and shaped to fit.
A new method of attaching the horizontal skins was used. Using a straight board with an 1/8" spacer (a.k.a. mixing stick) the skins were tacked in with 5 min. epoxy with micro along the span. This kept the skins the same plane with each other and extended past the edge of the rib.
The skins will be sanded to flush to the ribs after they are all tacked in place. This method makes for a quicker installation by eliminating the requirement for flanges on one side of the horizontal stabilizer as the skins will be BID taped with the skin in place
After the skins were all tacked in place. The HS was removed and a simple jig was created to hold the HS in place and ensure the leading edges were not twisted and the top edge of the spar was in the same plane.
We made a cut list and laid up 2 bid - Sandwiched it in visquene and drew up the needed strips for the bid tapes with permanent marker - Cut out the strips and apply to the panels. I will scan in the sheet showing the panels and cut sheet at a later date.
To keep the BID tape uniform, a compass was used to make a line approximately 1" from the ribs, leading edge and rear spar.
Fillets of epoxy and micro were applied and BID tape placed.
After two days - nearly 7 days of construction time by an average builder was accomplished. If this looks easy to you then maybe you should consider ordering a set of plans and get started on making your dream of flight in to reality with a Vision - visit www.pro-composites.com for more info. See the builders assist log at http://pro-composites.com/BuilderAssitance.html THANKS SCOTT!
5-11-10 - A few more weeks of ground school and First Responder class, then back to building!
6-21-10 - Passed ground school and First Responder! also took a motorcycle safety class. Now I just need to take the knowledge test.
7-31-10 Purchased and built a new work table from Harbor Freight last weekend. It was on sale for $160 and I received 20% off for joining Inside track. It was very level when finished.
8-06-10 OK... I am buying a house so it's going to be a while. I did get the table top HS jig re-made.
See the engine log page. I have not worked on the airframe in a while. My time has been spent in research and tear-down of the powerplant.
4-23-11 Made up some flange tools to continue work on the HS (1.0)
10-21/22-11 Spent some time over the last 2 days shaping the foam on the leading edge of the HS (1.0)
11-10-11 Cut out 5 of the 7 top HS panels (1.0)
