Horizontal Stabilizer Assembly

Now things started going faster. First I prepared the rear spar by riveting the reinforcing bars and the hinge brackets to it.

I clecoed and riveted the elevator front spar to the angles and reinforcing plates and the inner ribs.

Now it really got fun, with the first rivets to the skins. First the middle spar was clecoed and riveted to the top skin and then the skin was formed around the rib and clecoed and riveted to the bottom of the rib. Then the front spar assembly was fitted inside the skin and clecoed to the middle front ribs and to the skins.

Then the skin was riveted to the middle rib and front spar with the rivet gun and the tungsten bucking bar. Then the rear spar was slid into place and the skin was riveted to the the inner and outer ribs and to the rear spar assembly.