The empennage was originally attached back in November of 2016. However, that was in the garage and was done to complete the aft fairings. So the empennage was removed following completion of those items. Now that the airplane lives in its hangar, it was time to reattach, permanently, the tail feathers.
First the horizontal stabilizer is attached. Also, you can see my friend is working on torquing the wings after attachment.
Next comes vertical stabilizer placement.
Here we are aligning the rudder for attachment.
Torquing the bolts into the rod end bearings.
And finally elevator placement. My friend placing the left elevator whilst I provide managerial guidance from a comfortable distance.
Tail feathers attached. The rudder just needs its bottom fairing.
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