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Elevator riveting – part 1

August 27, 2021 by Mike Leave a Comment

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

August 9, 2021 by Mike Leave a Comment

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 […]

Elevator leading edges

June 10, 2021 by Mike Leave a Comment

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

June 2, 2021 by Mike Leave a Comment

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 […]

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