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 Final Drilling
The task for today is to finish the final drilling of the right elevator. The final drilling is for the elevator hinge attach bolts and also drilling the nutplates that will fasten the bolts as the internal structure of the elevator will not be accessible once riveted together. Up to this point, the elevator spar […]
Elevator Rib Forming
Continuing from the last post, I identifed that there needed to be some ribs to close out the trailing edge skins on either side of the trim tab cut out. The task for today is to make some ribs to close out this area. Additionally, I will also be making a rib or two to […]
Elevator End Ribs
Now with all of the trimming completed, I turned my focus on the elevator end ribs. In the image below you can see that there is an end rib that goes on the inboard end of the elevators, in the rear skin, aft of the rear spar. In the following pictures you can see the […]