Well, I needed a little something quiet with the kids asleep, so I grabbed the nearest next step of something on the empennage that would be quiet. Let’s move on to the elevator! And stiffener prep. (throws up a little in mouth).

First, I rough-trimmed all of the stiffener stock to the right sizes and lined them up.

Oddly, it’s pretty late in the evening, but some new needle files showed up.

Next, I made the rest of the rough cuts.

But then, one by one, I cut the long tapered angle down the back of each stiffener. This allows them to reach back into the tapered trailing edge of the radius-ed elevators.

Of course, I had to line up all the scrap. Kinda beautiful, huh?

I can’t remember why I took these next two pictures. Maybe it’s just because I trimmed the corners to start edge-finishing the stiffeners?

Anyway, finally, I pulled off the blue vinyl.

1.5 hours on the elevator today.