One last task before I get to fitting the elevators to the horizontal stabilizer. Today I’m going to finish the fitting of the elevator torque tube assemblies to each elevator. You might notice that these are now a light grey color (in previous posts they were painted black). I recently sent these out for powder […]
Elevator riveting – part 2
In this series I’m going to proceed through riveting the elevators. Please note that this didn’t all happen in one afternoon. There were times here where I worked alone and riveted what I could. Then there were also times where you need someone to help. The interior of the elevator is so narrow that as […]
Elevator riveting – part 1
In the build session today I’m finally getting started on riveting the elevators. The elevators are riveted from the trailing edge to the leading edge, where they are then closed out with the leading edge skins. As shown below, I have the trailing edge skin clecoed in place. I decided that the riveting to be […]
Elevator leading edges – pt. 2
Moving right along with the leading edges, today I began with upsizing the #40 pilot holes to #30 for the final rivet sizing. In the picture below is one of the leading edge pieces that is ready to be trimmed. In the picture below, I’m getting the nutplates located for the mid-hinge access panel. These […]