Hi, I'm David Mack. In 2006, I decided to build my own Van's Aircraft RV-7 200+ mph two seat homebuilt aluminum airplane and this is a log of the experience.

Sunday July 6, 2025
Tail Assembly (Empennage)
3.5 Hours

Today I started assembling the tail onto the fuselage for the final (I hope) time. I mounted both the horizontal stabilizer and the vertical stabilizer.

I routed the wires for the elevator trim through the aft fuselage and HS.

And I routed the wires for the rudder nav/strobe through the aft bulkheads. I will put some RTV in this hole with the wire to keep it from chafing.

Then I hung the elevators.

And inserted all of the required washers for this bolt through the center hinge.

Just a cool shot...

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