This morning I adjusted and drilled the tips of the horizontal parts of the empennage. It may look like nothing but there was some work to be done: drilling, countersinking the fiberglass parts and dimpling the aluminium.




Then I cutout some small ribs in lght foam.




During the drilling, the aluminium strips bonded yesterday came of. So I had to glue them again (I think the better sequence is : drill the tips first, then drill the aluminium strips, then glue the strips).
I also glued the foam ribs and made a small repair on the empennage fairing (see the white peel ply strips).

Still working on the tips. I first install some aluminium reinforcing strips along the flanges to avoid having the rivets tear through the fiberglass.




Then I reinstall all the empennage parts on the fuselage, this will allow to see the alignments and gaps between all the controls.
Before that I have to rivet the forward mount of the vertical stab. To be honest I had to do it twice as it was on the wrong side the first time.




Here all the parts are on the fuselage again.

As I will shortly have to fabricate the front fairing of the canopy, I gain some experience with fiberglass and epoxy on smaller parts.
So I continue installing the tips on the rudder. We'll see the results tomorrow.

The mapbox is riveted and then installed in the fuselage. This does not go without some problems as I have some problems reinstalling the subpanel. Using another sequence it goes better, but the fact that the left side is already riveted does not help.
I will also have to file a bit the opening in the subpanel. I also make two pilot holes in the panel, the other holes will be drilled later.

The day begins with the installtion of the canopy on the frame. The screws are tightened just enough to avoid cracking the plexiglas.
At the end of the day, I reinstall the canopy on the fuselage. The next operation will be to fabricate the seal and the fillet at the front.