Stabilizer Skin

The skin gives most of the twisting strength to the stabilizer, while the doubled spars give it flexing strength.  The Zodiac kit has pre-drilled skins that make it easy to line everything up.  One skin bends over the nose and makes  the angle of the leading edge.  It's pre-bent at the factory, but springs open about 90 degrees when unpacked from the kit.

Here is the skin after it's attached to the skeleton.

After I drilled and clecoed the top skin to the ribs and spars, then the kids helped rivet the top skin to the skeleton.

Next step is to locate the hinge for the elevator, and start building attaching the elevator ribs to the skin.