I finished up the horizontal stabilator (for awhile) on Thursday with a whoop of joy and a grin that lasted for hours.
Drilling and riveting the static skin to the right end went quickly and without a hitch, since all of the processes that I used for the left end were still fresh in my mind. When that was done, all that remained was to rivet the anti-servo tab to the piano hinge. It was a delight to see the trim tab move up and down without touching the static skins, just as it should.
The stabilator is back in the “storage facility” (a/k/a the basement) until it is time to attach it to the fuselage. I am going to put that off as long as possible, though, because it will take up the rest of the space that I have in the garage when I do.
