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 […]
A Little Rudder Work
Today I’m getting back to doing a bit more work on the rudder. In the picture below, you will see one of many new ribs that I made. The parts that have primer are the parts I originally worked with that I didn’t previously screw up. With rib 4200-17 in place, I then added […]
Elevator Hinges Continued
Today, work continues to continue on the elevator hinges. It seems like this work has been ongoing for a long long time and I’m eager to start to move forward on some new work. A bit of visual progress was made by getting the elevator ribs drilled and clecoed to the elevator spars, as shown […]
Elevator Center Hinges
The workload for today is focused on finishing the left and right elevator center hinges. In the last work session I screwed up the hole on one of these hinge brackets (not drilled on center) and as a result I need to make a new bracket. Elevator Center Hinge Construction I thought I was being […]