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Sieldan

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Welp, been rocking along on the empennage. Been going well. Little hiccup with the HS-00003 doubler but got that figured out. Finished both horizontal stab halves to the disassemble, debur, and dimple stage. Realized last nigh while trying to sleep that I didn?t mark the skins for orientation! Everything has been match drilled. I?m not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions?

Thanks y?all.
 
HS skins

I believe they will go either side but if the first one doesn't fit quite right, try the other one.
 
Skins

Sieldan said:
Yeah, I?m hoping I?ll be able to figure out which one goes where and how. Just concerned if I can?t.
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If it fits, no concern. I would be suprised if they don't fit swapped. Vans CNC is pretty accurate. I disassembled my HS and replaced all the rear spar components and inboard ribs. Everything fit like new.
 
This may be too obvious, but I'll state it anyways (because I didn't know when I started out)!
A sharpie brand magic marker will mark equally well on the blue vinyl or the aluminum it's self. I use it to mark the orientation of everything. I number the ribs. There are labels for inside/outside, top/bottom, left/right of the ribs,skins etc.
Shapie marks wipe off easily with almost any solvent. I use alcohol and a paper towel. It comes right off lickity split.
 
eh_v8_tor said:
This may be too obvious, but I'll state it anyways (because I didn't know when I started out)!
A sharpie brand magic marker will mark equally well on the blue vinyl or the aluminum it's self. I use it to mark the orientation of everything. I number the ribs. There are labels for inside/outside, top/bottom, left/right of the ribs,skins etc.
Shapie marks wipe off easily with almost any solvent. I use alcohol and a paper towel. It comes right off lickity split.
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Yup. I?ve got all the understucture marked. Just spaced on marking the skins. Haven?t had time to do any work / testing on orientation yet. Got some new tools that had to be set up.
 
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