Today I’m working at adding the leading edges to the elevators. I’ve been putting this off as I don’t want to screw it up, so joining me today is my best bud Garet. We started with locating and pilot drilling the holes to attach the leading edges to the spar. Once all the holes were […]
Elevator balance weights – pt. 2
Today I’m proceeding with the elevator balance weights and locating them on the elevators. In the picture below, I have the balance weight assembly roughly located on the elevator. You can also note that I previously made 3 vertical black lines. These black lines indicate the spacing of the 3 structural screws (AN525-10R7) which attach […]
Update: Oct 2018 – Feb 2020
Hello Everyone, I’m still alive and kicking. I apologize for the long break in my blogging, and building updates. I certainly didn’t anticipate for the break to be this long. The good news is, you haven’t missed any building progress, because I haven’t done any building (well, not airplane building). I’ll explain more below. Back […]
Elevator Trim Tab Trimming
This evening was spent trimming the elevator trim tab skin. The skin came formed, however it was too long in both width and length, so lots of trimming is needed. As always, this kind of work is slow and steady but the results are worth it. Previously the trim tab we trimmed and filed down […]