Tonight I got some prep work done on the left elevator trim motor bracket for mounting the cover plate nutplates and dimpling the assembly. I had previously located the nutplate holes around the opening to attach the access panel. In the image below is the motor and supports that will get riveted to the access […]
Left Elevator Assembly and Hinge Brackets
Today I’m continuing with the assembly of the left elevator. Before I get to riveting there is a bit of work that is still required on this elevator. Most notably is building the trim tab, however before I get there I need to do some more work to final size all the rivet holes and […]
Right elevator skin drilling and prepwork
As the right elevator is starting to come together, today I started by looking at some of the remaining parts to begin planning ahead, in particular, the leading edges and balance weight assembly. The leading edge skins needed to be trimmed to length, so I started with the layout. This was a bit tricky as […]
Right Elevator Spar Riveting
Finally I’m starting to get some visual progress on the right elevator. Today I began by prepping and priming the elevator spar parts. View Post After priming I riveted the nutplates. Before I started riveting, I placed a strip of electrical tape at each of the rib locations. These won’t be riveted until a later […]